Making Home

Words & Photography
by Rachel Weaver



I want every corner to be clean. I want to find all the hidden Lego's and I want to scrub away the boot scuffs. I want a drawer for socks and one for shirts, and I want those two drawers to remain separate for ever and ever and ever amen.

And I want to finish all the projects. To paint all the walls. To fill in all the cracks. I want for it to be done. For it to be complete.

I want a drawer for socks and one for shirts, and I want those two drawers to remain separate for ever and ever and ever amen.

But more than those wants and desires, I want to live in this home. I want to laugh here and hide and seek here. I want read books here and to drink slow cups of coffee on the porch. I want to dance with friends after too many glasses of wine here and I want to make giant messes in the kitchen here.

But more than those wants and desires, I want to live in this home. I want to laugh here and hide and seek here...

So the corners remain dusty. The Lego's remain hidden. The mismatched socks compete with jeans and leggings, night gowns and bathing suits, shoved into any space I can find.