"Mom! There's a For Rent sign!"

When I lived in the city I had a calling spanning 20 years. I was the housing specialist in two wards spilling over into Concord a bit but not near as needed there. My children grew up looking out for signs as we biked or drove so I could record the information and be ready for the next person who needed help. I found people rooms and apartments, sometimes temporary while here for a needed course or job. It was particularly gratifying when I'd get a call telling me how much it helped. One time I introduced myself to someone new in Sunset Ward and asked if he needed assistance with housing. He ended up renting a room from a ward family. That's all he needed at the time. I later learned he was a bishop in his home ward and he was grateful for my welcoming invitation to help with housing. I helped a family looking for a house to rent for a year. The couple had five children. They ended up finding the Parkside house themselves but when they moved and our own family had to move, guess who moved into the rental? We did, and lived there about nine years. That was our last dwelling in the city and once again, our rental was being sold and we had to move. June 3, 2000, we moved to our first bought home in Concord.