Lake Bosse Oaks

W-O-R-D-S, by Debi Walter

Sep 14, 2009

We had some friends over for dinner tonight, and we taught them how to play a new version of my favorite game ??“ Speed Scrabble. If you aren??™t familiar with this classic it??™s a word game! I love it because I??™m a writer and naturally, I love words!
We live in a world made up of words. Words dictate to us daily what to do, what to eat, where to go, how fast to drive and interprets the choices we make with more words from the media. We write words, speak words and listen to words. We type them, text them and use them to record voicemail messages. When we??™re tired we stop speaking words and listen to them on the stereo or through the television. Words are powerful tools to help us do one thing ??“ communicate!
Yet words alone are not capable of communicating well. They are powerless left to themselves. When was the last time you received direction, comfort or help from a dictionary? Everyone has one, but no one reads them ??“ it??™s for reference only because all it has are words, in alphabetical order, no less!
What makes words meaningful and helpful is who is saying them. A meteorologist telling me we have a 100% chance of rain today causes me to grab my umbrella as I walk out the door. The information we gain through words are credible only if those speaking the words are credible as well.
We are blessed in our neighborhood to have a Board of Directors not only willing to serve us month after month, but who also takes our Covenants and Restrictions and helps us understand how these words are to be followed. (We were all recently given a fresh copy of the covenants that bind our community together.) Neighborhoods with homeowners associations are not guaranteed to succeed because they have a document of words to follow. No, it??™s the people who give the words credibility and livability.
We are grateful ??“ beyond words ??“ to have a Board willing to serve us the way they do.
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NOTE: To learn how to play Speed Scrabble see the Bosse Kids??™ Page, this issue.