Love Affair with a Home

I've been longing for some 'newness' here on the homefront.

Even though G and I have only lived in our flat for a year and a half, we are beginning to notice that every nook and cranny is full to the brim.

Mini Cabinet

I have packed up bags and bags of things to be given away, sold, and returned to friends, but my efforts feel futile.

The past few weeks of this have been frustrating... the dance I do with this little home of ours. Sidestepping the avalanche-closets and sashaying around the shotgun floorplan. I had come to the adamant conclusion that I was ready for a move, and then I read this.

Mini Book

Touching and thoughtful, this story of a lady and the homes she's loved, has moved me to tears. It made me realize how much I love our little nest, and how thankful I am that she keeps us warm and safe, despite her wheezy drafts.

Mini Girl

I'll try to remember how she caught us in her arms with a soft *ploof* when we flung ourselves from the coast - half way across the country, to a new city in the big midwest. We knew no one but her as we drove 3 days across deserts- then plains, and just the thought of a cozy light shining at us through the trees was enough to keep us heading east.

Mini Room

Upon our arrival, she patiently allowed me to nail, scrape, paint, and fill her walls, floors, cupboards, and closets - she holds the only life we've ever known together. A time that we will fondly remember as 'Our Beginning'.

The beginning of a story we will tell for the rest of our lives, and one in which she will always have a prominent role.