If you are lucky, you have a spot in your home where you can go to just BE. This is mine. Right there in the corner of that couch is where I can park my weary bones with a book or the paper and stretch out in the sun. I lay there and all the stresses and aggravations of the week disappear. Late at night when I cannot sleep, I find myself there. I suppose I simply take comfort in it’s familiarity. There is something about the peace in that spot that is like no other. This particular shot even features the beautiful Valentine’s flowers from my dad (thanks daddio-sir), and they are still alive a week later.
This room used to be a screened in porch with wicker furniture before we renovated. In both incarnations, the space holds such sweet memories for me. In that very same spot sat a wicker couch where I nursed my babies. In later years the floor was littered with legos and blocks, crayons and pipe cleaners; all the makings of a day at home with young children. There used to be a window between this room and the living room where the kids would put on puppet shows and ‘entertain’ us till we dozed off.
If ever a space held the power of a family, it would be this one. Within those walls I feel that power and I realize how lucky I am. Quite a few times we attempted to move from this house. (ok, maybe that is an understatement, let’s just say every 5 years we tortured our poor realtor and then never pulled the trigger) Yes, it got a bit tight, sure I wanted a new kitchen or a bigger family room. Yeh, it would have been great to have a master bath. But what I would have lost would have been the ability to sit in that space and soak in all the memories we have created here.
And honestly, looking back, I think I would have left a piece of me there that I could never get back.
Oh, and of course there is only one thing that makes that space one step more special to me. And that would be…
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i could cry but i don't have time 
What a beautiful “Ahhh” spot! I know what a treasure it is – it is a grounding place for your soul. I have mine too. We are SO fortunate!
I have a space…on my couch… in my sunny room that used to be our screened in porch… 22 years and counting. Sound familiar?
This is beautiful. I have a spot like that, too. Leaving it behind will be hard; though I know I’ll find another. I just don’t know where it is yet. Soon. Very soon.
Beautiful room, beautiful picture, and of course, precious Mel!
Beautifully said… A life being well appreciated… I know the feeling!