House Magic.......

One of my absolute favorite blog writers and most amazing artist, Rima from the Hermitage, wrote about house magic, she is settling into a 15th century cottage after traveling for a long, long time, she talked about sending her metaphorical self out into the house and feeling "as if the walls were sniffing me to see what they think".....I LOVE that imagery....the image of my house and myself melding into each other, becoming a home to each other....

The house I presently live in, I have lived in for 20 years, and it has never been my home.....the first years were spent being a mom to three small children and trying to keep them healthy and growing, my "dream home" was just that a dream while trying to keep a house full of kids with a husband who was already beginning his life long descent into a bottle....then there were the divorce years where just keeping our heads above the proverbial water and just keeping us in the house were my only concerns.....then there were the "finding me" years....I managed to make a personal stamp, here and there, in my house and I was starting to find a thread to follow when I met Jeff and my relationship with him and enjoying all that he brought to my life took front seat....now we're married and that thread that I was following has a new thread added to it, actually many new threads and now I need to take those threads, weave them into a beautiful tapestry of my new life. It's time to turn this house into a home and of course, while doing so,I need to make some "house magic".....

Bibbity Bobbity Boo!..............