It's only a little cottage but 2 of our children were born there and it was our first family home so when we saw it was open for inspection we went down and had a look.
I'm glad we did that because I felt good afterwards, mainly because as the children told their stories I realised I was there - I wasn't an absent Dad - I was part of it all, part of their lives and happy memories. I felt sort of proud. I felt I made the right decision to just hang out with them in that little house. Their stories were all like, "Hey dad, remember when we...."- it was the "we" I liked, just everyday things like walking to the shops down the hill, or to the little park at the end of the street.
The place I liked to sit and read the paper listening to sports on the radio on a Saturday afternoon, the tree out the front I trimmed, the front door frame I painted, the shed I built, the old stove, all still there, all bringing back really happy memories.
We lived there for about 5 years from Nov 95 to some time after 2000.
I'm glad we did that because I felt good afterwards, mainly because as the children told their stories I realised I was there - I wasn't an absent Dad - I was part of it all, part of their lives and happy memories. I felt sort of proud. I felt I made the right decision to just hang out with them in that little house. Their stories were all like, "Hey dad, remember when we...."- it was the "we" I liked, just everyday things like walking to the shops down the hill, or to the little park at the end of the street.
The place I liked to sit and read the paper listening to sports on the radio on a Saturday afternoon, the tree out the front I trimmed, the front door frame I painted, the shed I built, the old stove, all still there, all bringing back really happy memories.
We lived there for about 5 years from Nov 95 to some time after 2000.
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