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“Oh, boy!” Troy exclaimed when he saw the movers waiting at their new house in Calder. “We’re bringing my red curtains and dad’s toolboxes. I can see them on top of the boxes.”
“We wouldn’t forget anything so important,” his mother replied. “Now let’s go have some new experiences!”
Shortly after they first moved into the “blue house” as Troy called their new home, Scarlett answered the back doorbell and discovered three of her female neighbors perched on her grey back landing. Startled and pleased, Scarlett accepted a tuna casserole and an equally warm welcome, along with a pan of home baked brownies.
Each new friend had small children who went to Calder School, except for the also widowed Leela Balakrishnan from southern India, whose daughter and son attended the Catholic school, St
