09/03/2026
Two years in Old Town Warrenton, and the surprises keep coming! Here's Surprise Three in our countdown to our anniversary this Labor Day weekend.
Surprise Three: The Genuine Kindness Of This Community Has Stayed With Us!
One thing that has really taken us aback as we've hit two years here is that people in Warrenton don't just have politeness, they have a real, genuine kindness and compassion. There's a thoughtfulness to it that isn't surface level, it's real. People here also seem to have time in a way that busier areas nearby just don't, time to stop, ask how you're doing, and actually mean it, time to care about this community and the people in it. No one is too busy to be kind here.
That became especially clear to us during the road construction this summer. It was a genuinely discouraging stretch, one where we sometimes felt treated more like a subject than a partner by the local government. But what carried us through it was this community rallying around us, understanding what we were going through, and showing up anyway.
Two years in, we are so incredibly grateful for the compassion shown to us and to small businesses throughout Old Town during that time, and we will never forget it. That's what makes being here, in Old Town Warrenton, feel different. Anyone else feeling this?
More surprises coming all week, leading up to our two year anniversary this Labor Day weekend!
