tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post7876765126992326979..comments2023-07-23T11:53:16.145-04:00Comments on This Heart of Mine: The House That Was My HomeSamantha Brinn Merelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-13558021702001204502012-10-19T12:11:05.977-04:002012-10-19T12:11:05.977-04:00i am perusing your blog, and i have to say as your...i am perusing your blog, and i have to say as your former neighbor, i also loved that house so so much. i have so many wonderful memories of holidays, lazy shabbat afternoons, barbecures, tv-watching, deck lounging, etc. with lots of love to your family. Shaynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519687535834842557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-9032926062184518012012-10-18T16:39:07.164-04:002012-10-18T16:39:07.164-04:00Wow, what a shocking twist. I guess it confirmed t...Wow, what a shocking twist. I guess it confirmed that it was time to move on, but a difficult way to be forced into accepting that. Dude of The Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272483182710859456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-77906068333114452342012-10-18T14:53:29.653-04:002012-10-18T14:53:29.653-04:00I loved how you made the house a character. I can...I loved how you made the house a character. I can relate, not to the fire, but to how a house can mean so much. The day we sold my grandma's house was devastating. I would drive by afterward and not be able to believe that I couldn't just walk in there anymore. <br /><br />I loved your ending lines.Kinley Danehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648398736837020249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-23190637328497630802012-10-18T10:06:29.065-04:002012-10-18T10:06:29.065-04:00I've never really moved out of my houses excep...I've never really moved out of my houses except when I went to college but my home was always there. My first job outof school was a fire adjuster for State Farm and I understood the devastation of losing everything. What I loved here, besides the great words you choose to tell your tale, is the message of moving on!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04841767868797265391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-90425999708890321482012-10-18T08:28:32.591-04:002012-10-18T08:28:32.591-04:00Samantha, you are so gifted. I really enjoy your w...Samantha, you are so gifted. I really enjoy your writing -- such depth and incredible story telling.<br /><br />On a personal note, my childhood home and all the other houses in our neighborhood were razed and replaced by an industrial park. About 20 years ago, some relatives and I went back to try to figure out where it had been. It was heartbreaking to find it replaced by a stark, generic building. <br /><br />I still dream of that house.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-75870017254367221482012-10-17T23:38:02.389-04:002012-10-17T23:38:02.389-04:00What a beautifully sad, haunting story. It's i...What a beautifully sad, haunting story. It's interesting how you can live the same amount of time somewhere and yet the new place never really sinks its roots into you. Then there are other places that feel like home right from the beginning. <br /><br />Part of my elementary school burned down years after I had left. I had been badly bullied there and when my old classroom burned down, it felt like somehow because the physical structure was gone that maybe none of it had really happened. It was very disorienting, and I'm intrigued by the sense of peace and acceptance I heard in the end of your story. Azarahttp://inthetesseract.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-4026529541877649192012-10-17T22:54:39.022-04:002012-10-17T22:54:39.022-04:00Another great post, Samantha! You blow me away eve...Another great post, Samantha! You blow me away every week! I could feel the pain and hope in your words and admire your passionate storytelling. Well done!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-79063491486472504532012-10-17T17:07:21.276-04:002012-10-17T17:07:21.276-04:00Thank you so much Stephanie! I do want to pursue w...Thank you so much Stephanie! I do want to pursue writing, but haven't quite decided in what way. I know I have a book in me (or maybe more than one), and have been working on getting it onto pages. Isn't it weird when parts of our past just stop existing? It feels so strange and far away, almost like that part of life didn't happen, or happened to someone else. Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-66872909291880257802012-10-17T15:49:51.788-04:002012-10-17T15:49:51.788-04:00Nice writing, Samantha. You have quite a career ah...Nice writing, Samantha. You have quite a career ahead of you, I think, if you choose to pursue writing in any way. You know how to tell a story. I had this exact same thing happen to me years ago. I sold a house, went back to visit it with a friend from out of town, maybe a few months after it was sold, and saw that it had burned to the ground. I know the feeling you describe so well here.Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117409443842865395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-62256011866457469132012-10-17T12:10:34.406-04:002012-10-17T12:10:34.406-04:00I don't think that any comment I have ever rec...I don't think that any comment I have ever received in the eight months that I have been blogging has meant more to me than this one, because I am so in awe of your writing, and your stories. Thank you so much for stopping by here, for reading what I write, for commenting, and for sharing your amazing talent on your own blog. Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-52599507544047474772012-10-17T07:41:53.924-04:002012-10-17T07:41:53.924-04:00I'm choked up!! This is such a great piece, t...I'm choked up!! This is such a great piece, the sadness is palpable. Homes. Houses. The attachment we get to them and then their fate when we leave them. Sometimes that is unbearable to me. Very emotional piece.Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-57460555450847387952012-10-16T23:42:20.404-04:002012-10-16T23:42:20.404-04:00I'm so glad that you were able to find a posit...I'm so glad that you were able to find a positive outlook on the situation. And that you truly are home.TriGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289885288405245140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-29714075131435818392012-10-16T21:26:05.896-04:002012-10-16T21:26:05.896-04:00Honestly, I am sort of in shock at how young you a...Honestly, I am sort of in shock at how young you are, but I will get over that. I love the writing here too and I have heard that having a house burn down is ineffably traumatic. The timing is pretty interesting in your story. I am so glad you were safe. When you were 15, what kind of work did you do?<br /><br />Honestly, I never get tired of your writing.christiehttp://www.outlawmama.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-73194847216505717882012-10-16T18:46:30.912-04:002012-10-16T18:46:30.912-04:00I love your description of how the "air grew ...I love your description of how the "air grew heavy" and I can just see that swing. <br />I'm so sorry you lost the house that carried all of these happy memories, but so glad you weren't there to witness it. Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01897963154223770756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-26311858894099394302012-10-16T18:23:15.118-04:002012-10-16T18:23:15.118-04:00Wow. I agree - so good that you weren't there ...Wow. I agree - so good that you weren't there at the time!Giahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10026292498250130247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-7384066207839739952012-10-16T15:38:18.983-04:002012-10-16T15:38:18.983-04:00Oh thank goodness for good timing... So glad that...Oh thank goodness for good timing... So glad that you weren't living there at the time. So glad...IASoupMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11222652185240780006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-66638165247122031092012-10-16T14:23:28.178-04:002012-10-16T14:23:28.178-04:00I love how you turned it into a positive of moving...I love how you turned it into a positive of moving on! Fires scare the living daylight out of me. I'm so glad you were well removed from that. I Hope the new owners were ok! Very sad.Stacie @ Snaps and Bitshttp://www.snapsandbits.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-55951119912873067892012-10-16T12:02:05.037-04:002012-10-16T12:02:05.037-04:00Thank God you were no longer in the hoke, but stil...Thank God you were no longer in the hoke, but still, how sad. A house can be like a non-sentient being, kind of like family in a way, a friend, keeper of memories.opinion8dhermithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15093100869650698978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-73042398772669161832012-10-16T10:58:12.316-04:002012-10-16T10:58:12.316-04:00Oh my gosh, how shocking and sad! It's strange...Oh my gosh, how shocking and sad! It's strange how life sometimes comes by and puts a period where we wanted to leave an ellipses.Ashley Austrewhttp://www.ashleyetc.comnoreply@blogger.com