A Neighbor's Promise
StoryCorps
NPR
4.5 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2022
⏱️ 13 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Dave Isae founder of StoryCore. |
| 0:02.9 | This message comes from NPR sponsor Subaru. |
| 0:05.5 | The 2022 Subaru Cross-Trek has the capability to take you anywhere with its standard symmetrical |
| 0:10.9 | all-wheel drive and fuel efficient 34 MPG. |
| 0:14.5 | Love is out there. |
| 0:15.5 | Find it at Subaru Cross-Trek. |
| 0:23.5 | If you're lucky enough, depending on where you live, you might have neighbors you can |
| 0:26.6 | count on. |
| 0:27.6 | Maybe they bring you your mail. |
| 0:29.4 | Or they have your spare key. |
| 0:31.1 | And sometimes they become a bigger part of your life than you expected. |
| 0:34.8 | In this episode, we're going to hear about a neighbor who showed up in the most unexpected |
| 0:39.3 | way. |
| 0:40.3 | It's the StoryCore podcast from NPR. |
| 0:42.8 | I'm Camilla Cushani. |
| 0:56.3 | Back in 2016, Glendon, Jr. booth and his three young kids moved into a new apartment building |
| 1:01.3 | in Austin, Texas. |
| 1:02.3 | It was for families facing homelessness and they were the first ones to live there. |
| 1:07.1 | And then came Jennifer Rodrigo, who was a single mom of five. |
| 1:10.8 | I was a very busy mom and I didn't take the time at the beginning to really talk to my |
| 1:16.7 | neighbors. |
| 1:17.7 | I had been trying to deal with a divorce and raising my kids. |
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