We made it to Friday, friends! And
we made it to the very last day of May. Can you believe it? Goodness. This year
is flying.
Today
is Flashback Friday, and I am excited to reminisce about the answers to this
week’s prompt!
What
has been your favorite thing about every home where you’ve lived? This isn’t
about your favorite life memories that happened at each home, but the specific
things about the homes.
When
your kids look back at photos of the places you’ve called home over the years,
what do you want them to know about what you loved about those places?
Here
are my answers:
My
favorite part of our Marion home was the backyard. The house itself was in the
middle of town, and not a great part of town at that. Sirens were prevalent,
and as some of you might remember, the house beside ours was condemned. The one
behind us should have been. But the yard itself was this gorgeous little haven
that I loved. It was all fenced in – privacy fence on one side, wall of tall
evergreen trees at the back, house and garage forming barriers on the other two
sides. There was a huge tree in the middle of the yard that provided all kinds
of shade in the summer. And after we got married, we put up that pergola (that
we called a pierogi) and had the most gorgeous oasis for our hammock.
It
felt like a retreat in the middle of the siren-filled city, and remains to this
day the best backyard we ever had. The most private. The most comfortable.
My
favorite part of our Kokomo home was the layout of the house. It is absolutely
the best floor plan we’ve ever lived in. My office was in a far corner, nice
and quiet. The guest room was split from the master, giving us plenty of privacy
when we had guests. We had a HUGE living room, perfect for entertaining. And
then we added the sunroom. (Ironically, my least favorite part of that house?
The backyard!)
Everything
about that house was just right for what we did in that season of our lives –
tons of hospitality. And at the same time, it was also perfectly comfortable
for just the two of us!
My
favorite part of WillowBridge was the open concept living/dining/kitchen. In that
season of our lives, we needed each other maybe more than ever, and I loved it
that we could be together even if we were in different rooms. Because of the
nature of the job, we rarely had company, but we had each other in that big
open space, and I did love that. (Also loved the enormous amount of storage in
that kitchen!)
My
favorite part of our Bluffton house was all the amazing natural light. It was
one of the first things I noticed the day we toured the house. All the windows
in all the rooms were HUGE. It felt so light and bright always, and my plants
were SO happy. Even though our current house does have a lot of large windows, those
huge windows everywhere mark the thing I miss the most about that house.
My
favorite part of THIS house is the lake, obviously. The cozy, gorgeous water
view out the window far surpasses anything I could ever do inside. And it’s
everything about the lake view. It’s the little fire pit and the pier
and the garden beside the water and the pretty flowers everywhere. All the outside
spaces are small, but they’re perfect for us. I love them so much. I love the
inside of this house too – and everything we’ve done to make it our own – but it’s
that outside space that really gets me.
So
how about you? Favorite part of every home?
1 comment:
Our houses that had a fireplace!! :)
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