Look at Me
Look at me. I mean really look at me. I know I am not much too look at now but at one time I was the answer to prayers. I was loved. Someone once saved and scrimped to have me, and was so happy when they could finally claim me as their own. I was one of the high points of their life. They worked and did all kinds of stuff just to have me. They planted flowers and bushes for beauty to surround me.
I had a family….I heard the laughter of the children along with their quiet talks with mom and dad. I heard the children playing on my porch and in the yard. They had a swing in the old oak tree that used to stand out to the side here. They caught lightening bugs in the dusk of summer evenings…finally, after growing tired they would settle on my front porch to plan for another day.
I was home to them...I kept them warm in the winter and sheltered them from the storms of summer. I was the place they took refuge in when life got hard. I saw them through the Great Depression, I was here when the son came home from WWII. I saw one daughter sneak her first kiss in the swing on my front porch. Another left here to be the first to go to college.
Meals were cooked in my kitchen, Thanksgiving and Christmases were celebrated, friends came and went. I was at the center of their life. My living room was a welcoming friend at the end of a long day's work. I was the holder of their dreams.
What led from then to now, happened so gradually I was hardly aware of it happening…the children grew up and married and had homes of their own…after several years the dad died, and not too long after that the mom passed….you can sort of imagine the rest. I was going through my own grieving and was hardly aware of time passing.
Now I am in this state and an eyesore to some, while a few others look
at me and wonder what tales I could tell if I could talk.
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Some of you have read this--I hope you don't mind the repeat.
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Some of you have read this--I hope you don't mind the repeat.
13 comments:
No, I haven't read this. Sad pictures. I do always wonder about houses like this, about their history. A good story, told from the house's point of view.
The odds of someone seeing this before are not big! Nice captures of this old house.
I've not read that before, but I'm glad I have now as it's a lovely poignant piece of writing. Time passes.
It really is a beautiful old house and I always think about what went on in that house when I see it and the stories it could tell. Your story is absolutely beautiful of a life well-lived in a time when homes were homes and the people and the stories made it home not where they tried to be bigger and bigger and better and better and marble and all the things people spend money on now. I love the story and I do vaguely remember it but it was well worth the read again
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I think I missed this post before, so am happy you re-posted. You nailed the house commentary. Enjoyed the story.
Great looking buildings had a fascinating story of life there.
I hadn't seen the post before. It is beautifully written and happy and sad at the same time.
Well done and a great picture too.
I'm newer here so have never seen this. I like this. That's kind of how I imagine a lot of run down houses that I see.
What a great and imaginative post! It certainly answers some of my questions! As for repeating, I see way too many photos across the blog world to know if you are reposting!
Beautiful story, Rose. And a beautiful house for sure.
Thanks for reposting
MB
I had never read this, but I love it. I'm glad you did repost it.
it is beatiful in it´s own way :)
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