New house update #4: framing – we’re going vertical!
There was another long delay, but we’re back in motion now! We changed our stairway to have one side open so that it wouldn’t feel like…
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New house update #2: laying the foundation
Friday 7/20: Beams being excavated. Steel cages being assembled. Dumpster arriving. Friday 7/27: Pouring 50 yards of concrete for exterior beams. Perfect weather for concrete. Forms…
New house update #3: a sense of renewal as we start again
It’s the 1-year anniversary of Harvey and people around here can’t talk of much else. Reflection is important, but forgive me if I don’t participate. To…
New house update (1 of 100)
We have begun construction on our future home! It’s been just about a year now to get to this point. (I imagine the city will mark…
Healing from trauma… patiently?
“When something bad happens to you and you did not have the power to avoid it, do not aggravate the situation even more through wasted grief.”…
Past, present, and future perfect
I may have figured out the cause of some of my emotional and mental whiplash. It goes like this. Past: we lost our home and I…