I live in Ridglea North in west Fort Worth. I’m not from Fort Worth but my husband, Alan, grew up here on the west side. That brought us to Ridglea, and we don’t want to live anywhere else!
Since we married, we have lived in three homes in Ridglea North, all in the 6000 block on three different streets. We bought our current home in 1996 in anticipation of the birth of our first child. Years later, with two teenage boys and the need to care for my mother, we moved to a larger home in Ridglea Country Club Estates so my mother could have her own space. After more than 10 years, the boys were in college at Texas A&M and my mom, needing more constant care, moved to Brookdale Westover. No longer needing so much space for only two of us, my husband and I moved back to our little house in Ridglea North, which we had leased during our years away.
Downsizing was only one of the reasons we returned to Ridglea. We also returned to many of the same wonderful neighbors. The same postman was so happy to catch us up on all the news of the street. The trees, the varied architecture of the homes, the sounds of the planes practicing at the Naval Air Station (we still call it Carswell), the public library, Berney Park, the friends we had missed — all were reasons to return. We’re back home. We love being here…