You Can Go Home Again

I guess I did not listen to the saying "you can never go home again" because 5 years ago today after a 36 year absence our family was back home at 1515

July 10, 2009

I bought my Grandparents home that they lived in from 

1926-1978

I am sure some thought I was nuts, I was buying it as a second home.
I remember that day thinking "Dreams really do come true"

The day I bought it I ran through my Grandparents closet that opens in my Dad's room and you can run from their into the dining room, living room and back to their room.....I was 6 again and loving it!

All the Grandchildern have been back and many Great Grandchildren.

But without a doubt that home has changed lives, made stronger family ties and brought so many memories alive.

It looks different now, the trees are gone

the white clapboard is gone.

The lived through the Great Depression, WWII, marriages, deaths, weddings, anniversaries, birthday parties. 

They were so proud of the place they called home.

now

But so many traditions are back

pictures taken on the front porch

My Mom and Dad in High School

the cousins

if you come visit you sign the guest book and have your picture taken on the porch.

we again gather in the living room where my Aunt was married

1943

It is now where her daughter welcomes long lost relatives

My cousins sleep in their Mom's bedroom.

My Dad's room is full of his things again.

The Christmas tree then

now same spot

the dining room that saw a Christmas Eve of uncertainly in 1941

the Christmas Day 50th Wedding anniversary of my Great Grandparents in 1936

now is filled with family meals, parties and celebrations once again

The kitchen that saw many a meal made by my Grandmother and cleaned up by others

my Mom and Aunt Catherine

My Dad's cousin and Aunt Catherine's daughter Mary daughter

The kitchen is the hub of laughter

Dad and Aunt Catherine

Grandad, cousin Deb, me and Jesse

cousin Marty and Fred with Mr.

morning coffee is a tradition there.

Even somethings have come home

Aunt Catherine and Grandmother's Hoosier

Thank you cousin Donna for lovingly taking care of it all those years and being generous enough to bring it home again on her last trip.

Donna's first trip there in 1950

I love 4 generations pictures

now her Grandchildren have come to visit the home of their G G Grandparents

notice the 1515 sign?

It is back to, taken the last time I stepped off the porch with me in 1978.

Hard to believe one home holds the memories of the 6th generations who have laid there heads there.

Happiness of weddings and anniversaries, sadness of those we lost.

Birthdays, reunions, girlfriend get a ways.

I asked on our family FB page to tell of your favorite memory,

most have said, being with family and becoming closer.

This home has worked miracles in many ways for our family,

whether 1926 or 2014.

God Bless 1515 Jackson

Grandad your Grandchildren are still laying there heads there now, sometimes with a giggle or two and the
"Good night" like the Walton's

PART I

PART II
show you the interior changes since I bought the house