Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Life Behind the Turquoise Door

     Newly weds of 2 months buy their first home right outside the city.  They wanted a house with character in a safe neighborhood to start their family.  The woman is already pregnant with their first child.  When they saw this house they fell in love instantly.The turquoise door with shutters on either side of it and a bleach white porch.  The small porch light on the left side and the gold mail slot in the door put an old timey look on it.  Not to mention the beach was right in their back yard.  They lived in a small town where everyone knew each other and took care of one another. 
     Two years later the young couple have two children one boy and one girl.  The baby girl just born in September and the boy being a year and a half older than his baby sister is already very protective over her. 
     Through their life the siblings become very close and become each others best friends.  She goes to every single one of his baseball games and football games and he goes to all of her volleyball games and dance recitals. 
    The not so young couple anymore are still madly in love.  The woman is a very successful interior designer and the man is in the medical field.  They spoil their children to death but at the same time teaching them respect.  The time comes when the boy moves out and goes to college and the girl isn't far behind him.  Going to different colleges but calling or texting each other every day the siblings stay close.  They call their parents just about every other day and go home every holiday.  Living in the small town they did the family stayed very close through the years and eventually the boy and girl started their own lives and own families.  The family stayed very close, visiting every holiday or vacation.  The mom and dad still lived in their small house on the beach.  Growing old behind the turquoise door they stayed madly in love until the day he was diagnosed with cancer.  With only a couple of months left to live they decided to travel the world.  On a late October night he passed away in his sleep.  She wasn't alive for more than a week after him though.  Passing away from heart break she left all her belongings and house to her children. 
    The children came back to the small town to take care of their parents belongings and with children of their own they fell in love with the sandy beaches and the sound of waves in the morning all over again.  They both moved back with their families and splitting the money from their parents belongings they bought houses not even two miles apart from each other and in memory of their parents they painted their doors the same turquoise color.  Thus beginning and ending their lives behind the turquoise door.

1 comment:

  1. What a lovely life you describe in that house...and a connection that even illness couldn't sever. I like that the children carry on the legacy of their tight-knit upbringing.

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