Rebuilding Our Home After Fire

I’ve talked a lot about stories in my recent posts, so here’s one…

I’ve always believed that a home should tell the story of your life.

Two years ago when our home was struck by lightning, the firefighters came through our home and took great care to cover the family photos because they knew that they were important to me. The conscientiousness was palpable.

When people walk through your home, they should get a sense of who you are, even if they have never met you before, I believe that the firefighters did.

When rebuilding our home, I wanted to create something that represented us and our journey. This particular room, which happens to be one of my favorite rooms in the house, I had paintings commissioned by a very talented local artist, Giovanna DiZurita.

I asked her if she could represent our family in the painting as if we were living in the Renaissance or a different period of time. I wanted the chandeliers in the picture to look like the Palace of Versailles’ Hall of Mirrors, which happens to be one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen in person.

I think she did a beautiful job. To me, the paintings represent souls that are connected regardless of time or space. It’s a manifestation of eternal love, soul mates, and the transient nature of time.

I did not refurbish Athena, Goddess of Wisdom & War, or Apollo because the damage done to them from the fire represents an event in our lives. It becomes part of our story.

You can not erase your history; you can only embrace it.

It becomes a part of who you are and who you will become.

These are the stories we will tell our grandchildren one day.

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