The House that Built Me

514 Lavender Street

From the paint on that house, building the front porch enclosure, cutting the grass, planting rose bushes, building a 2-bedroom dormer so us kids could have our own rooms, to the picnic table we celebrated birthdays on, turning the backyard into an ice-skating rink in the winter - even after working long hours at Ford, Dad made sure we didn’t go without. Tim and Rich in one bedroom (still jealous they got the bunk beds) and Cheryl and I in the front hot pink bedroom (Cheryl picked the color out). A family of 6 in that small house left us with memories that would shape the rest of our lives… You did well Dad and Mom.