Building Community Wherever You Go: Kandi Hart on What She's Learned as a Military Spouse

Right.

And I think that a lot of people get lost.

Like there's life outside that base.

Like some of it's a little crazy.

Absolutely.

But I mean, if you find the right people to go chase down that crazy, it is, I mean, it is something for the memory book.

Oh yeah.

I'm thinking there was some crazy art exhibits there and it just had its quirks.

You just never knew what you were going to see on those long desert roads.

But I do think the big thing about that place and what I really took away from it is that a vibrant community can really just change the way you feel about a place.

Oh my gosh.

It

changes your whole perception of everything, right? Like, I mean, if you're happy, then your kids are happy.

I mean, people feed off of that energy.

And if I see somebody on my street out having a good time and if I'm having a bad day, guess what? I'm about to have a good time, too.

And, you know, and like one thing that I've noticed from here in Pendleton, and I say this all the time since that's where we're at now.

is there I could I could send a text message out and in 10 minutes I could have 10 people on my front porch here because there's so much more to do it's like you need a two-week notice to plan it like well let me put this on my calendar it's like two weeks from now guys I'm gonna forget that I even my menopausal self is gonna forget that I even invited you over here so right I do I miss that I miss the spontaneity of just showing

up That is what I when I was at Pendleton, that is one thing that I think people said is the difference between 29 and Pendleton was that there was just a million things that people could go out and do.

You know, there was activities for your kids or there's this or that and not so much in 29, which which made it a special place.

Right.

So I want to talk about community with you, something we had a lot of in 29.

And also I want to talk about ideas on how to build more community where you are.