Comments on: This House http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/06/this-house/ A Creative Playground by Maria Q. Stultz Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:06:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Maria http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/06/this-house/#comment-24563 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:22:32 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/06/this-house/#comment-24563 Didn't know that about Fernando, but it doesn't surprise me at all :) I agree with you: Home, of course, is where we are. When mom was here, she told me something I thought was very cute. She had asked Joey where he wanted to live when he is older. Joey said <cite>"Close to Joaquin"</cite>. What a sweet guy I married... OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] Didn’t know that about Fernando, but it doesn’t surprise me at all :)
I agree with you: Home, of course, is where we are. When mom was here, she told me something I thought was very cute. She had asked Joey where he wanted to live when he is older. Joey said “Close to Joaquin”. What a sweet guy I married…

]]> OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] by: KSR http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/06/this-house/#comment-24504 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:49:34 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/06/this-house/#comment-24504 Funny thing about houses....and I've lived in a LOT(!!!) of them......they are maybe among the most important structures in our lives...and house so many memories and images and emotions....alas, in fact, they are structures and the key is in the "home" that dwells within their walls....I firmly believe that is the "soul" of the house and that is what goes with us and makes the next house "home' as well.....but this is from an army brat who lived in more houses than I could count on all of our combined fingers and toes.....I think I have things that I loved about every house we lived in and special memories of the physical spaces...and I have to admit that it was very sentimental to leave the house where I had brought both of my children home from the hospital.....and the little details I had done in their rooms...... Now Fernando is very different because he has only lived in a few houses in his lifetime, most of them ones we lived in together.....and he is very attached to the physical structure...It seems like it takes him a year or two to let go of the old house completely and accept the new house...but once he does, forget about him thinking of a new place! OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] Funny thing about houses….and I’ve lived in a LOT(!!!) of them……they are maybe among the most important structures in our lives…and house so many memories and images and emotions….alas, in fact, they are structures and the key is in the “home” that dwells within their walls….I firmly believe that is the “soul” of the house and that is what goes with us and makes the next house “home’ as well…..but this is from an army brat who lived in more houses than I could count on all of our combined fingers and toes…..I think I have things that I loved about every house we lived in and special memories of the physical spaces…and I have to admit that it was very sentimental to leave the house where I had brought both of my children home from the hospital…..and the little details I had done in their rooms……
Now Fernando is very different because he has only lived in a few houses in his lifetime, most of them ones we lived in together…..and he is very attached to the physical structure…It seems like it takes him a year or two to let go of the old house completely and accept the new house…but once he does, forget about him thinking of a new place!

]]> OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] by: Maria http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/06/this-house/#comment-24485 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:33:25 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/06/this-house/#comment-24485 Houses do have souls. Could be just our own energy, which makes sense because every time I leave a house/apartment/etc, I feel that a little piece of me stays there. Hopefully not as a ghost! It was particularly difficult with the house in Dallas. I talked to it like a good old friend when I said goodbye. She loved me too. OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] Houses do have souls. Could be just our own energy, which makes sense because every time I leave a house/apartment/etc, I feel that a little piece of me stays there. Hopefully not as a ghost!

It was particularly difficult with the house in Dallas. I talked to it like a good old friend when I said goodbye. She loved me too.

]]> OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] by: Petie http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/06/this-house/#comment-24322 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:42:20 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/06/this-house/#comment-24322 Such a sweet story. I almost teared up... I liked all the details. Houses are a funny thing. They are just mortar and wood, but so much happens inside of them. I do miss our old house sometimes, not the neighborhood or the house per say, but the memories. It was our first home and Joelle's baby room was over there. If the next house is better, you do quickly get over it. ;) (we did AND this house does need work, but we love the old bones of it.) OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] Such a sweet story. I almost teared up… I liked all the details. Houses are a funny thing. They are just mortar and wood, but so much happens inside of them. I do miss our old house sometimes, not the neighborhood or the house per say, but the memories. It was our first home and Joelle’s baby room was over there.

If the next house is better, you do quickly get over it. ;) (we did AND this house does need work, but we love the old bones of it.)

]]> OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] by: Joey http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/06/this-house/#comment-24269 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:53:53 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/06/this-house/#comment-24269 It's gonna take more than $20,000!! But $20 would be a good start. :) OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] It’s gonna take more than $20,000!! But $20 would be a good start. :)

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