Sweet Home
Yes, I did live in this little cabin. It was a bit over 300 square feet. And with a husband and two little ones underfoot there wasn’t a lot of room for much else but essentials. It was kind of like what I have heard living on a boat is like—if you bring something in, you must take something out. 
There was a tiny woodstove that took small sticks of wood only 12 inches in length—standard size cord wood is 16 inches—and even without insulation, it didn’t take long to heat the space up. The kitchen was along one side of our one room and had an apartment size oven, one of the ones that is about half width of a standard oven, with a door that would fall open…on its own. That little problem was solved rather neatly by using a bungee cord to hold it shut! It’s amazing what kind of solutions you can come up with. It also had one of those old curved refrigerators with a very tiny freezer compartment that would fit only one tray of ice and just one pint of ice cream.
Our one room cabin wasn’t big enough for both table & chairs and a couch so I chose the couch and in the evenings we would all cuddle up on it and read out loud. Our cabin may have been small but it was bursting with love on the inside. Oh those were the days!
I have so many wonderful memories of living for four and a half years in this cozy space while building a larger post and beam home up the hill. But the one I love the most is remembering that 28 years ago just after midnight on a snowy night, my sweet boy was born in our bedroom loft. The Beatles’ ‘In My Life’ was playing as he popped out, took his first breaths, and looked around as if to say “Well hello, I’m here! What’s next?”
So today I say Happy Birthday to my sweet son. You are the best son a mommy could ever have. I am so proud of the man you have grown up to be.
xo
Mom
IN MY LIFE
There are places I remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I’ve loved them all
But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
