I love my home. Every single room in it has provided me and my family with special memories. I love all of the funny conversations that have happened around the dining room table and the late night talks that have happened in each of my children’s bedrooms. I have enjoyed cooking great meals in my kitchen and watching my favorite movies in our family room. Perhaps my most favorite place, however, is our front porch.
When I was looking for houses to move my family to many years ago it didn’t even enter my mind to insist on a house with a front porch. Now I know better. I have grown to love having a front porch almost as much as I love having indoor plumbing. (Okay, maybe that was a bit of an exaggeration!) I didn’t know when I bought this house the endless hours I would spend swinging or sitting on the porch. I didn’t know how many books would get read or how many blankets would be knit on the front porch. And I certainly couldn’t have guessed how many friendships would be started and strengnthened on my porch.
One of the biggest reasons that I have grown to love my front porch is that it has become a gathering place for the people I...