Friday, September 27, 2013

Friday | The Room Where We Live


Cowboy boots by the door. Afghans on every couch and chair. Guitar and banjo cases filling up almost every corner space. Candles everywhere. The furniture, livable and homey. Wood burning stove just waiting for the first truly cold fall morning. Jim Brickman-ish music quietly playing.
 
That’s our living room in the mornings. And when I say living room, I really mean living. It’s truly where we do our living – work on the computer, read books, do homework, work on projects, play instruments, crash after a long day, lots of sibling talks and some of the boys even prefer to sleep on it’s floor at night.
It’s not a fancy room, but it’s full of life living and being lived. With old-fashioned charm, it’s one of my favorite places. Sometimes it’s full of noise and laughter, at other times, like now in the mornings, it’s quiet and cozy and full of introspective thoughts hovering in the air.
Maybe it’s strange to write with affection about a simple room in a house. Maybe I just get too attached to things in my life. I have some Pat of Silver Bush in me, after all. But whether or not that’s true, I still think there’s something really special about our house and it’s not been just once that someone has commented on the peacefulness and just hominess that is found inside it's walls. I know it comes from all the laughter, prayers, memories and love that’s been a constant here.
We're not fancy people and our home isn't either, but we're family and it's home. And frankly, I'm so happy to be living back home again. I didn't realize how much I'd missed it until I came home. I know someday I'll have to leave again, but for now, I'm going to go grab my hot cocoa and curl up under my favorite afghan in the corner of the couch with my bible and journal and watch the morning pass around me.

13 comments:

  1. Lovely, Kellie.

    I love what you said about not being "fancy." That's my family also. We live in an old farmhouse that needs remodeling work but it's home and we have made a lot of memories here. It's cozy and comfy and just.. home!

    After reading your regret about moving again, I am glad you are happy at home; hope you enjoyed that relaxation you spoke of in this post.

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    1. "An old farmhouse that needs remodeling"....sounds perfect!! I'm so glad that my family has always put more stock in memories than money. Money leaves, but the moments immortalized in memory never do. So worth investing in. :)

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  2. I love that you are embracing where you're at! Home will always have a special spot in our hearts I think, it's always nice to spend time in "your spot." Mine is curled up with a blanket right on the floor in front of the fireplace, I used to fall asleep there alllll the time. :)

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    1. Angela, your spot in front of the fireplace sounds so perfect! My kind of place!

      I really thought moving back home was going to be agonizingly hard, but frankly, it hasn't. Oh, I still feel the strain at times of being a grown-up adult still living in someone else's house under someone else's rules...but those someone else's are my family and that makes all the difference! :)

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  3. Very well written! I really liked it. I reminds my of my home. :)

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    1. Thanks, Jeremy! From one writer to another, that goes a long way!

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  4. This post touches my heart because I love my parents simply, comforting home too. Mostly everyone who goes there makes a comment about how 'at home' they feel there. I love that you get to have that too! And great pictures! That + your words makes me want to visit your parents home :)

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  5. What a comforting place - I love this. It sounds like you live in such a wonderful little home and I just want to climb in those pictures and live awhile :)

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    1. I'm so glad! I often feel the same way about it, too! :)

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  6. Is it weird to say that this made my heart warm inside? Love your writing my friend and I so love your words on home. Home is definitely where the heart is! :)

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    1. Not weird at all. It warms my heard every time that I visit my blog now. :)

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  7. LOVE it Kellie and I love your blogging. It's wonderful to read your words and know that there are kindred spirits everywhere. Hope all is going well in your life! <3

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