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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Making a house a home


My house growing up was huge.
Huge and falling apart.
Dad liked to save everything and Mom didn't like house cleaning.
it was the very best house to grow up in.
There was always something new to explore.
The thing that made it a home, for me,
was that a parent was always there.
I cannot remember every having a babysitter.
If mom and dad had to go somewhere an older
sister was responsible for us.
We rarely left home except to fish and go to
Theriot's grocery store for food.
Yet I can't remember using the word bored.
We were left to our own imagination to entertain.
The feeling of stable was always there.
We knew no matter what that this was our home
and we could always come home no matter what.
As an adult, HOBL and I have moved many times.
I hope that even though the house changed the feeling
of home was always there.
Giving children this feeling is a big part of having confidence
and knowing that you have a place to go to no matter what.
HOBL and I are always looking at houses, vacation homes
always thinking of where we may move one day.
I realize now that it may not be the house that gives us
security but those things that fill it that makes it a home.
Give your children a place to call home
give them memories that will fill their heart even when
they are older. Meet them at the door after they have
been gone with a smile and a hug no matter how bad
your day has been.
Sit down and play with them in this home.
Give them chores so they will be proud that they
have a part in making the house a home.
A home, every child should have this feeling inside.

2 comments:

  1. WHAT A WONDERFUL PICTURE OF DADDY. yEA AS HUGH AS THE HUUSE WAS I NEVER COULD FIND A PLACE TO BE ALOND TO READ OR THINK OR JUST TO GET AWAY FROM THE NOISE yOU WOULD NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT BECAUSE BY THE TIME YOU CAME BY i WAS MARRIED AND IN d'VILLE tHERE WAS ALWAYS ONE OF MY SISTERS KNOCKING ON MY DOOR. nOT EVEN IN THE BATHROOM no lock One bathroom for nine people not counting thosE who came to live with us through out the years. but you know what I would not trade any of it for all the GOLD in FORT kNOCK hA THATI IS FUNNY, tHE WAY OUR GOVERMENT IS SPENDING OUR MONEY THERE MAY NOT BE MONEY LEFT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS I HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED BY ALL OF MY SISTERS.YOUR LOVE FOR ME HAS ALWAYS PULLED ME THROUGHT MANY things wITHOUT IOUR CARING AND LOVE i WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THE GREAT RECOVERY i DID tHANKS FOR ALL YOU ALL DO FOR ME and PAYMENt awaits YOU IN ANOTHER LIFE BECAUSE IN THIS LIFE i could never even express my gradute It's overewelding lOVE bIG sISTER MONE

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