About 35 years ago Daddy built a cabin in the North Georgia mountains, located between Ellijay and Blue Ridge on the Ellijay River. It has one bedroom, one bath, a large room with living room, kitchen & dining room areas. We soon started spending all of the summer holiday weekends there as a family, as well as Thanksgiving. We had Daddy's annual family reunions there. We spent weekends there with friends, as they got older our kids did too. After Daddy's death, we lost some of the glue that held us together as a family. Our family weekends have all but stopped. As with any home, it needs regular upkeep. This year was the year of the Renovation. Susan & Joey did almost all of it themselves (with some help from their friends). It needed a new roof, new carpet, new refrigerator. They accomplished all of that as well as did dozens of improvements inside. It looks amazing. Those of us who could went on Saturday for a workday. From the time my kids were born, we lived in 5 different houses. The cabin is the place where they see their childhood when they visit. Amy worries that with Daddy gone and changes being made that she will lose that. Don't worry Amy, when I walked up on the porch I could still see Daddy sitting in the swing, Mama standing in the kitchen, smell Mamaw's yeast rolls rising on the fireplace hearth, hear the cheers & moans of a late night Rook game, the screams & laughter as the bat circled the room, Bucky's wild stories, shouts as the tubes came into sight on the river, the complete darkness sleeping wall to wall in the living room, giggles & shouts as the biscuitmaker was awakened, babies being bathed in the sink, growth chart on the bedroom door, hammock swinging, lightning bugs and campfires. So many memories are all still there. Thank you Daddy for giving us this gift.
Monday, October 06, 2008
The Cabin
About 35 years ago Daddy built a cabin in the North Georgia mountains, located between Ellijay and Blue Ridge on the Ellijay River. It has one bedroom, one bath, a large room with living room, kitchen & dining room areas. We soon started spending all of the summer holiday weekends there as a family, as well as Thanksgiving. We had Daddy's annual family reunions there. We spent weekends there with friends, as they got older our kids did too. After Daddy's death, we lost some of the glue that held us together as a family. Our family weekends have all but stopped. As with any home, it needs regular upkeep. This year was the year of the Renovation. Susan & Joey did almost all of it themselves (with some help from their friends). It needed a new roof, new carpet, new refrigerator. They accomplished all of that as well as did dozens of improvements inside. It looks amazing. Those of us who could went on Saturday for a workday. From the time my kids were born, we lived in 5 different houses. The cabin is the place where they see their childhood when they visit. Amy worries that with Daddy gone and changes being made that she will lose that. Don't worry Amy, when I walked up on the porch I could still see Daddy sitting in the swing, Mama standing in the kitchen, smell Mamaw's yeast rolls rising on the fireplace hearth, hear the cheers & moans of a late night Rook game, the screams & laughter as the bat circled the room, Bucky's wild stories, shouts as the tubes came into sight on the river, the complete darkness sleeping wall to wall in the living room, giggles & shouts as the biscuitmaker was awakened, babies being bathed in the sink, growth chart on the bedroom door, hammock swinging, lightning bugs and campfires. So many memories are all still there. Thank you Daddy for giving us this gift.
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i do love that place. my second biggest regret of living in missouri is not being able to spend weekends & holidays at the cabin (my first, of course, is not spending regular time with my immediate & extended family).
i teared up just reading thru the post & remembering all of the great times we have had there. thanks for this post, Mama!
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