all of it

Here they tonight on the front steps of their new house.

I love selling real estate.

When people find their house it's always a magical combination of logic and emotion.  Logic gets you to the houses that will work, but there's some abstract quality that tells a person this is home.

I love it when that moment arrives.  Then every other house we look at is measured against that one.

The closing was managed by a person I enjoy and and trust and rely on.  She did not disappoint--never has.

Then John and I painted a couple rooms.   We spend very little time together just the two of us, but today it was hours, painting in the quiet and it was lovely.

These excited guys arrived, whirling with energy.

And this lovely child with a healing foot--dang she's fast getting around without one foot.

 And she indulges me with  a smile.

When you bought your first house, I sent a card that said something like this:

May your home be made beautiful by the faces of family and friends who visit there, and may you find many reasons to be happy while you live beneath its roof.

It still works, still true.

Onward to tomorrow.  love you all so, Mom