THE HOUSE THEY DREAMED OF
When they were young they had big dreams…how old…together they would grow…
of the things that they would do…of the places they would go.
They dreamed of a kind of happiness neither of them alone ever knew.
They dreamed of being surrounded by friends and family…perhaps a pet or two.
One of the dreams they had that began all those years ago…
was of the perfect house…their ideal bungalow.
They even made a list of everything in their dream house they hoped to see
then set the list aside when they started a family.
But every now and then they’d take it out and through that list they’d comb…
remembering all the things they thought…would make a happy home.
They never built their bungalow…because they came to understand
life, despite their best intentions…doesn’t always go as planned.
But they were happy in the house where they raised their family…
they love their house…the two of them insist…
and when they look at that paper these days they realize…
they’ve achieved everything on their list.
If you ask them now they will smile and tell you their story…
without a whisper of a doubt…
how the house they’ve lived in all their life…
became the home they dreamed about.
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