The Living Room

The Living Room: It's a fort-making-room, a war-zone, a spy training center, a pillow-fight room, a fairy-dusted forest, and a place to curl up for a good read. It's a place to strum a guitar, a place to make up new songs on the piano, and play some old favorites. It's the room where the cat and the dog love to remind you why they are family, and not just pets. It's the room where chips and sandwhiches got snuck in, and the juice got spilled. It's the room where 'after school' is synonymous with 'piles of backpacks and sweaters everywhere'. It's the place where you probably took your first steps, bumped your nogin on the coffee table, and later advanced to jumping on the sofa-- and now your kids have done it too. It's the room where all the best lessons were taught: how to share, how to read, and how to give hugs of 'hello' and 'good-bye'. It's the room where for the first time you heard the words, 'In the beginning...', 'And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree...', or other words from holy texts. It's the room you practiced your oral reports, and watched a hundred movies. It's a room for swapping stories and hanging out. It's a room for dressing up in your finest to greet guests, or chilling back in your pj's alone. It's the room where friends know they can put their feet up, and sit down for a good chat. It's the place visitors get to know you, to get a glimpse of who you are--

*Life* happens in a good living room. Sit down, and watch the show....but be warned: in my house, participation is required ;)