born and raised – lived in the same place almost 19 years

Looked up the house I grew up in to show a friend. 

I can hon­est­ly say this is the first time I’ve checked in on it and the pho­tos haven’t made me sad.

 

I spent al­most half my life in that house. I loved that house, but if those walls could talk… 😔

 

I can still iden­ti­fy what was there be­fore. But it just looks … hap­pi­er, now. 

 

Some­one has put a lot of love into this place. 

There were even chick­ens on the prop­er­ty at some point! Maybe they’re still there?

 

I don’t know who did it but who­ev­er did, good on you for rip­ping out that stu­pid fuck­ing lawn my par­ents in­sist­ed on hav­ing on a damn near 45° hill. 

It looks al­most noth­ing like it did when I lived there, and I like that. 

 

I hope some­day I can vis­it it and maybe the own­er will let me walk through. But if not, that’s okay.

 

 

—emi­ly duchaine

Flom­mist Emi­ly Duchaine lives in the Pa­cif­ic North­west. She likes to drink mead, learn about sharks, and lis­ten to the Talk­ing Heads. She pre­tends to be a pro­fes­sion­al busi­ness­woman most days. Copy­right © 2025 Emi­ly Duchaine.

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