tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post2237929226525131588..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: John Fredrick's Son (From 2007)SippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-87665102683990942762009-08-19T14:41:00.792-04:002009-08-19T14:41:00.792-04:00I hope that Jon Fredrik's son got his wish of ...I hope that Jon Fredrik's son got his wish of home and transport too. I must confess though, that my impressions and love of home are somewhat different than those shared in this post. <br /><br />For the first 21 years of my life I lived in two houses. The first was on a street with all my cousins as neighbors and then at the age of nine we moved to a new house six miles away. I spent the next 10 years of my life missing that first home.<br /><br />Then I married the hubby, whose chosen profession was the mitlitary. In the army they say "Home is where the Army sends you". Eighteen moves later and eighteen extremely different houses later I have found that home is not a building or a structure. For me home is a place comprised of people I love most with a few cherished posessions throw in for good measure.<br /><br />How sweet it is to have grown and beloved children walk through our latest door and say "I'm Home" even though the structure that we call home is not one they have ever lived in.<br /><br />I agree with you completely on the only really important institution "The Family". I believe though, that it was devised by God and that man is doing a pretty good job at trying to destroy it.<br /><br />Thank you Mr Sippican for your always well written and well thought out prospective and for letting me share mine.<br /><br />P.S. My oldest son works in that fabulous home for books and other treasures, The Library of Congress. On his first day of work there he called me and said, "I'm working in the most beautiful building in America", I think he felt completely at home.The Queen Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155350213939987094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-26587888150582676582009-08-18T08:59:54.556-04:002009-08-18T08:59:54.556-04:00Judging from the bright eyes of that kid, I'll...Judging from the bright eyes of that kid, I'll bet he got them, too.<br /><br />You defined the hope that brought millions to these shores.<br /><br />Unfortunately, along with the loss of the habit of thanking God for his gifts to us, we forgot how to be thankful for them at all.teresanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-24969165449662671962009-08-18T08:25:31.280-04:002009-08-18T08:25:31.280-04:00I agree 100%.I agree 100%.Golden Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590087189810939432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-61551427084620947242009-08-18T07:42:31.494-04:002009-08-18T07:42:31.494-04:00Home sweet home.
Home is where the heart is.
There...Home sweet home.<br />Home is where the heart is.<br />There's no place like home.<br />100% agreed, cliche and all.<br /><br />We're moving into my hubby's childhood home this week. He <br />can't wait to say: "I'm home."Apis Melliflorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109379329293289328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-82005912838554485862009-08-17T15:42:25.241-04:002009-08-17T15:42:25.241-04:00Hear, hear.
I remember reading something John Adam...Hear, hear.<br />I remember reading something John Adam's wrote. He was repeating advice he had been given by his father. Went something like, "I never knew a piece of land to break or run-off.."<br />Thanks for this repost, which I've never read. We just spent a great deal of the last 10 years fixing-up our fixer-upper. Our first home we built ourselves. This one...it was not going to be worth anything to the next owners after another 20 years, if it would stand that long, unless someone like me and my wife was willing to do something about it.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.com