Good Bye Doorknob....

After I Got Out Of The Shower Tonight I Realized This Would Be My Last Shower At 713.
The Very Same Bathtub I Grew Up With. Boy If Bathtubs Could Talk....
This Led Me To Realize Other Things At 713 That Are Originally From While I Was Growing Up.
We Often Talked About Putting On A New Porch. I Have Always Beleived A Porch Is What Gave The House It's Beauty. We Shopped Around For Porches For A Couple Different Years. We Never Got Around To It. Our New Place Has A Porch As Wide As The House. You Can Do So Much To A House With A Full Porch. I Also Beleive Lanscaping Is Another Added Inner Beauty Of A House. It Will Be Fun Creating Our Own Design Throughout The Property. Even Though The Previous Owners Did A Real Nice Job With The Shrubery. With A Little Bit Of Modification It Will Become What We Choose It To Be.
The Basement At 713 Hosted The Laundry For The Millers As Well As All The Foster Children Who Came And Went. I Really Don't Know How My Mother Was Able To Do It All Those Years. Billie Done The Basement Thing For A Few Years Too Until She Spoke Up And Said The Washer And Dryer Are Coming Upstairs. Up They Come And Laundry Day Became Much Easier From Then On.
Upstairs At 713 Is Totally Empty. Alot Of Growing Pains Were Realized In Those Two Rooms. I Can Remember One Christmas Eve Night I Was Watching Out The Window Hoping To Get A Glimse Of Santa. I Was Suppose To Be In Bed But It Was Christmas Eve! What Little Boy Could Sleep With All That Anticipation? Next Thing I Remember Was Tuck Announcing To Me There Is No Such Thing As Santa Clause. Even Though I Was Disappointed In This Tragic News I Felt A Releif That My Mother Was Actually Kissing My Father Instead Of Santa Clause. It Was Important Your Mother Was True.
Tonight I Will Lay My Head On The Pillow Once More But For The Last Time At 713. A Lifetime Of Memories Will Pass Through My Mind As I Recall Memorable Events Throughout My Time Spent Here.
So The Next Chapter Is About To Take Place. The Next Blog Will Be Written From The New Homestead. So Technically This Blog Will Be My Last Until Then.
As I Visit Each Room Tomorrow I Will Be Thankful God Has Granted Me The Gift Of Remembering.
I Hope To Be At Peace Throughout This Move. It Will Take Atleast Two Days Of Moving All Our Worldly Posession.
If There Is A Lesson Learned Here I Would Pass On To My Grandchildren That Things Don't Stay The Same Forever. Everything Is Subject To Change. All The Grandkids Came Over Today To Visit 713 For The Last Time. They Also Wished Me A Happy Pappy's Day.
Blakeman Our Oldest Has The Crimson King Maple Tree Planted In The Back Yard On The Day Of His Birth. That's A Lifetime Memory For Him. My Two Youngest Will Continue To Visit 713 Because Their Other Grandma Is The One Who Purchased Our Home.
Goodbye 713......