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Heyyy! “Neighbor of the Year” nominations are officially open! Neighbors Bank reached out and asked if we would share th...
08/19/2026

Heyyy! “Neighbor of the Year” nominations are officially open!

Neighbors Bank reached out and asked if we would share this with our followers, and of course we said yes.

My boy and our community has shown me just how much a good neighbor can mean, and we know from your comments that so many of you have people like that in your own lives too.

Now through Sept. 1, Neighbors Bank is accepting nominations for Neighbor of the Year, and the winner will receive a $20,000 cash prize!

So if there’s a neighbor who always shows up, looks out for you, makes your street feel a little more like home or has simply made a difference in your life, take a moment to nominate them.

Everyone loves a great neighbor. We’re lucky enough to see what that looks like every day, and we know many of you are too. 💙

Nominate Here: https://www.neighborsbank.com/neighbor-of-the-year/

08/17/2026

It started with Roman walking across the yard to get one neighbor. Then another. Then another. Little by little, more people showed up and more chairs had to be brought out.

This is pretty normal around here. When Roman wants his people, he goes and gets his people. Sometimes that means walking across the street, sometimes knocking next door and sometimes just calling out to whoever he knows is nearby.

Then Roman asked me to ride dirt bikes with him, so we did. We made laps around the yard while everyone stayed on the porch, talking and keeping each other company. Every once in a while we’d ride past them, and then keep going.

That’s really what our evenings around here have grown into. Roman moves between houses and yards, people stop by, chairs come out and nobody seems to be in much of a hurry to leave.

For Roman, there’s nothing remarkable about any of it. These are just his people, and if he wants them together, he goes looking for them.

And once everybody was there, he was onto the next thing, asking me to ride dirt bikes with him while the conversations on the porch carried on without us.

I think that’s what these little clips capture better than I ever could have explained it. Roman has his own relationship with every person sitting on that porch, but their relationships with each other have grown right alongside his.

So while Roman gets to be 4, running from one yard to the next and collecting his people whenever he feels like it, I get to watch him grow up in a place where the people on the other side of those doors aren’t just neighbors anymore.

They’re the people sitting on our porch long after Roman has run off to play. 💙

08/15/2026

At 4, Roman is starting to ask for a little more independence. And I’m realizing that I can’t spend all this time teaching him how to do things, encouraging him to be confident and then pump the brakes when he actually starts believing me.

There’s a lot of “I can do it” around here these days. And as much as I love hearing it, I’m realizing I have to make sure my actions aren’t quietly saying, “but let me do it for you.”

So I’m working on giving him the room to try. Sometimes that requires a little more patience from me than it does from him.

I want him to believe me when I tell him he’s capable. Which probably means I need to start believing him when he wants to shows me he is.

I’ve spent 4 years asking Roman to trust me. Now, I’m learning that sometimes I have to trust what I’ve taught him enough to let him trust himself. 💙

08/14/2026

A couple of weeks ago, Concord Councilwoman Lori Clay came by our house because she wanted to meet Roman.

She had seen his story on CBS and heard about this little boy who stands outside and waves to the people passing by. Before she left, she invited him to attend a City Council meeting.

Yesterday, we found out there was a little more to that invitation.

During the meeting, they played Roman’s entire On the Road with Steve Hartman segment. Several of our neighbors were there with us, so some of the people watching that story were also the people who helped make it a story in the first place.

When the segment ended, Roman, our neighbors and I were called to the front, where Mayor Stephen Morris presented him with a proclamation declaring August 13, 2026, Roman Butzlaff Day in the City of Concord.

At 4yrs old, Roman stood there holding a proclamation with his name on it, surrounded by people who, not that long ago, we didn’t even know.

It all started with a little boy who wanted to wave at whoever passed our house. Then he wanted to know their names. Then he wanted to talk to them. Then he wanted to see them again tomorrow.

And they let him. They stopped. They answered his questions. They learned his name too. They made space for him in their days. Somewhere along the way, people who once passed our house became people who would sit in City Hall and watch a story about the relationships they built with a little boy who never stopped waving.

One day, I hope Roman understands how special that is.

Years from now, the proclamation will tell him what happened on August 13, 2026.

But the people standing beside him are why. Because this was never really a story about waving. It was about what happened after.

A little boy kept reaching out to the people around him, and they kept reaching back. What started with a wave became relationships strong enough that when his name was called yesterday, they were there to go to the front with him.

August 13, 2026. Roman Butzlaff Day.

His name is on the paper, but the reason behind it belongs to all the people who kept answering that little boy’s wave. 💙

08/11/2026

Roman asked if he could go outside while it was raining. I told him no, because… it was raining.

A few minutes later he came back with…”Mama, Can I put my swimsuit on? My neighbors still want to see me wave.”

So he put on his swimsuit, walked out to his usual spot, and waved in the rain. 💙

A cutting board, a prayer, and a gift we had no idea was coming.This came from Aaron in Laurel Hill, North Carolina, and...
08/10/2026

A cutting board, a prayer, and a gift we had no idea was coming.

This came from Aaron in Laurel Hill, North Carolina, and the care behind it is hard to miss. To take what we’ve shared, understand the heart of it, and turn it into this was an incredibly thoughtful gesture.

Being prayed for is a gift of its own. Having that prayer etched into something that will be part of our home gives those words a presence beyond the moment they were written.

Thank you, Aaron, for taking the time to do this for us. I’m grateful for the gift, but even more grateful for the kindness and prayer behind it. 💙

08/08/2026

Goodwill is genuinely one of Roman’s favorite stores. We go pretty often, and plenty of his clothes, toys and other things around our home have come from there.

A few weeks ago, we were walking through the store when Roman saw a pair of shoes he really liked. They were way too big for him, and when I told him that, he said...

“Oh, well, Mr. Wade could wear them.”

So we bought them.

They weren’t brand new or anything fancy. Just a pair of shoes Roman found at one of his favorite stores that happened to make him think of one of his favorite people.

We left for Arizona shortly after, so the shoes sat at home waiting for us. But Roman hadn’t forgotten about them. The day we got back, he was so excited to finally walk across the street and surprise Mr. Wade.

And then a few days later, Mr. Wade sent us a picture wearing them. Roman loved that.

Goodwill has been the place where Roman has found so many things that have become his favorites. This time, he walked out with something he was just as excited to see become someone else’s. 💙

Yesterday, Roman wanted to attempt “serious” photos. Scroll to see if he breaks character…How’d he do (for a 4yr old)? 😅...
08/07/2026

Yesterday, Roman wanted to attempt “serious” photos. Scroll to see if he breaks character…

How’d he do (for a 4yr old)? 😅💙

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