“I grew up in the house from birth through 18 when I moved from college. My mom owned it since shortly after she had my brother, who was 4 years older than me. She was probably 20 when she moved in, and probably lived there for 40 years. My mom put a lot of love into the house. She always thought of it as a cozy cottage house, and tried to give it a bit of a wooded look. The house was always most decorated at Christmas, which was a special time. We were lower middle income and fairly strapped, but my mom always went overboard on Christmas. The inside of the house looked like a fully decorated Christmas store. Always fresh baked cookies. The house absorbed a lot of pain in a way that helped the family feel better… ” – Erick
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