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On a Porch

It all starts with a porch. It is attached to a big, white house. Two chairs placed so that whoever sits in them can see the people who pass by. A man and a woman are sitting quietly in their seats. To the average eye there is nothing particularly special about the man or the woman. They are mostly retired and live simply. They have raised their 3 children in this house; a daughter and 2 sons. Now their children are grown and have families of their own. They have had seven grandchildren in 6 years; 4 boys and 3 girls. On Tuesday evenings everyone meets at the local ball diamond to watch the men play ball. When the game has ended they bring their family back to the simple, white house and once again the house is alive with laughter and love. Life should have continued in this beautiful, simple way for the man and the woman, but instead the woman became a caregiver and nurse to the man. They lost their simple days, their big, white house and their front porch. Over the years the woman grew tired and sick and the man, who relied on her for everything, lost his nurse, caregiver, companion and wife. The man would spend his next 13 years in a nursing home. No house, no woman and no front porch. After so much had been lost from a life that started with only the simplest of things, it became the centre of joy for the man when his family began to grow again. With eight great-grandbabies to love; 4 girls and 4 boys, the family that the man started with the woman who used to sit next to him on that porch, had now grown into 4 generations. The man continued to live his simple life in the nursing home. He eventually grew weary and tired. The fight to stay in this place no longer seemed worth the hard days. He was ready to go back to the big, white house with the front porch and the two chairs. He walks down the sidewalk to the big, white house. He sees the porch with the two chairs. Sitting just how he left them. One chair sits empty, welcoming the man home. The other chair, the most beautiful thing the man has ever seen; a woman, his wife, patiently awaiting her husbands arrival. He climbs the steps to the porch and finds his seat next to her. Finally at home where it all ends, on a porch.
Posted by Laurie Weber
Friday July 5, 2019 at 9:07 am
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