The Roanoker - September / October 2018 - 62
TH E H OME S IS S U E
written by CHRISTINA NIFONG
Even the Bricks
Don't Seem the Same
Who knew how different our home would feel as the kids grew?
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My kids were that tiny? The floors were that messy?
And the house. Is that really our dining room? Why
does it seem like someone else's?
Except for the kitchen, which underwent a major
renovation a few years ago, we haven't significantly
revamped our home in the 12 years since we moved in.
We replaced windows and refinished floors. We've
painted every square inch of the place-many of them
more than once (hello, grimy fingerprints!). But we've
never moved any walls, added any rooms, built in any
cabinets.
And yet our home feels so different now than it
did then.
A dozen years ago, the toys that littered our living
spaces were brightly colored plastic-noise-making
nerf hoops and ribbon-bedecked pink tricycles. The
artwork was homemade: broad strokes of modernist
paint, popsicle stick and glitter creations, construction
paper, glue and cotton balls to celebrate every occasion.
There were in-progress crafts-always-on the dining
room table. The playroom was brimming with faux
food and discarded dress-up heels.
These days it's all a little more ... quiet? Is that the
right word? Singing stuffed animals have been replaced
by thick books. Overflowing bins of chunky blocks traded
for strategy board games. Walls are now adorned with
family portraits taken by a professional, not rendered in
stick figures. All those ringing, beeping princess phones
have magically become real, palm-sized devices that
endlessly record our day and constantly open new worlds.
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CHRISTINA NIFONG
When I click through old
photos on a whim, I am
always astonished.
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