A Return Home

When we returned home to the place where my husband grew up, we undertook the responsibility and adventure of remodeling my grandmother’s home. This home is filled with many memories for me, all of which are happy ones. The funny thing is that although my husband grew up in this town, I have many memories of growing up at my grandparent’s home. I actually lived in this town for a couple of years from the end of 1^st grade to the end of 4^th grade.

Anyway, we moved back here to keep an eye on our parental units. Both sets live only about one block away from each other and are getting older. We felt that we should be close so that we could offer any assistance if it was needed. This has eased the minds of most of our siblings. And although it is a small town, it does have a homey feel to it.

We have been remodeling our home since June. It has been a long and drawn out process that has come with many challenges. Many of the challenges have come up while I have been trying to do my job and teach my son. I have literally been doing both of these between two separate residences. This week, I have finally made enough progress that we are able to school in our new home, even though we aren’t quite ready to sleep there yet. (We still need a shower or bath hooked up before that can happen. Soon…)

We are hoping to finally move into it this next week. I have been busy trying to organize things and clean things so that we can make the move out of my parent’s basement into our own home. It will be nice to be back in our own home. Building a home takes work. But being together as a family is what makes it a reality. How do you build your home? Leave me a comment and share.

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