Growing up in Seattle, our neighborhood was our family. All the neighborhood kids played and worked together, and on weekends wherever you were at dinner time, chances are that’s where you joined the family for a meal. Enjoying the outdoors naturally lent itself to exploring the woods, and closer to home working in the garden – growing flowers and veggies in our precarious Northwest weather!

After graduating from Washington State University, and two years in the Peace Corps, I met my longtime companion, enjoyed a career in healthcare, and a second one working as a grant writer in the non-profit world.

As I approach retirement and begin to think about downsizing my house and my life, co-housing feels like a natural fit – once again hanging out with the neighbors, playing, working together, and enjoying meals.