When David and I were dating, I was renting a home. It was the first place I lived by myself with the boys after my first husband and I were divorced. I had put a swing set on layaway for the boys before I moved into this house. Money was tight, but I really wanted the boys to have a swing set. I wanted something normal for them. When David found out that I had this on layaway, he gave me a very special housewarming gift. He gave me a card that said it was good for as many lawn mowings as I needed….and the receipt for the swing set. He had gone and paid the whole thing off. He went and got it later and put it together for us. When we got married a short time later and moved into our home, his first project was to build the boys a swing set. It is old now. The swings are all gone. The fort part is falling apart, but it is special. This is their old swing set.
About Extraordinary in the Ordinary
I am a professional photographer who lives and works from her heart. My goal is always and in everything to be better today than I was yesterday. I’m an ordinary person dealing with what I like to believe are ordinary issues, but in all the ordinary days, I want to live an extraordinary life.
I am the mom to two grown sons, and there has been nothing I have loved more than being their mom and being home with them. And while you are always a mom, there is a certain part of that time in my life that is over now that they are grown. I miss hearing them play and having them with me all the time and having all their friends over, but it is time to move to the next stage of life or at least trying to figure out what that is.
I am making a list of personal goals, connecting with friends, and still nesting even though the children are grown. I think I will always be a "nester". Home is where the heart is. I love home and love making it a healing place of peace and comfort.
