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A Four-Year-Old Kept Waving at His Neighbors. They Became the Village He Was Missing.
Roman Butzlaff was lonely after his family changed — his parents separated, his father moved to Florida, his grandparents live out of state. Then a neighbor across the street, Wade Fulgum, returned more than the 4-year-old's wave. About a dozen neighbors in Concord, N.C. are now the extended family he didn't have nearby.
2026-07-13 · report