You Didn't Miss It - the Door is Open...

 Come on in, the door is open... take a look inside...

A couple days ago my sister and I got a tour of our old home place when we were children. The walk down memory lane was very interesting!  I thought about how it looked when we lived there and took note of the upgrades. 

Back in the day, I thought it was a pretty nice house! Dad had a new basement put in so we moved the original house a short distance and then he bought a kitchen from the neighbors and added that on. We redid a lot of the walls with sheet rock, paint, and paneling. I thought the grey paneling in my bedroom was so cool. (That room has not been updated and I loved seeing it again!) The church down the road was upgrading their carpets, so we got some remnants to use in the bedrooms. The living room had a beautiful, brown, shag carpet. We had a new 2-car garage built and that was our bedroom for a time while the house was in the remodeling stages. I thought it was cool to sleep in the garage! The outside of the house was painted a lovely, pale green.

But now, the front door goes into the dining room instead of the living room (see picture above). They tore out some walls to enlarge the kitchen. The basement stairs go down from the kitchen, instead of just inside the garage. They tore out one old bathroom and put in a new one more centrally located. The stairs going up have a beautiful banister. The basement has been finished out with a large family room, 2 bedrooms and a bathroom. They put in central heat and air! (Back in my day we had fans, or we hung out in the unfinished basement.) This is just a glimpse of some of the changes. Walking through the house that day I wondered what it would have been like to live there with all the updates.  

This is a picture of my life. There have been many things that have happened through the years, some very beautiful, some not so great. At times I think I just missed it. It was just within my grasp, but it slipped away. Someone else got what I wanted. But I'm learning how to go back for me. If you would've shown me this picture of the door, I would've had no idea that something so beautiful came out of my childhood home. In spite of everything I've been through, there is beauty for me today. And there is beauty for you, as well! You didn't miss it!

P.S. If you're afraid there isn't beauty inside, I'd love to walk through that door with you and prove you wrong! Check out previous posts to learn more about Polly Marie Consulting and email me at pollymarie2003@gmail to book your session.