Dear Amy: My good friends want to downsize for retirement, but the major repairs needed on their house will prevent them from making enough on the sale to buy their next place. They asked me to ...

When Victoria Reynolds was gifted sunflower seeds in February, she decided to spread the delight with her neighbors. “Everybody smiles when they see sunflowers — it’s a happy flower,” Reynolds says.

Dear Amy: Two years ago, my good friends that lived across the street moved away. The following summer, I invited the new family (“Family A”) along with three other neighboring families over for a ...