181. 20 years. Raised my boys here.

Now that it's done, it's a relief. I can't dwell on that anymore.

I don't want to put what little we have into the house if they're going to come in and tear it down. So I don't know what to do. Call City Hall, I guess.

The mind feasts on what it focuses on. What consumes my thinking will be the making or the breaking of my identity.

To be set aside is to be rejected.To be set apart is to be given an assignment that requires preparation.

Acceptance is like an antibiotic that prevents past rejections from turning into present-day infections. The need for belonging runs deep.