She built our house and wanted to see it one more time
By Joanie
@Freelanzer (10745)
Canada
May 26, 2017 5:16pm CST
I was working in the front yard today when a gentleman came up to me and asked if I was the owner of the house. I said yes and he told me that he used to live here and that his parents built the house. I was shocked and please at the same time. It was like going back in time. He also said that his mom is now in her 90's and would like to look at the house one more time. "She is in the car" he said, "can she come?" I said sure.
They asked a lot about the house, told stories about the maple tree she planted which is now massive and thought we took good care of the house. The parents moved to a different province after they sold the house 20 years ago and apparently every time they came back to the city to visit family and their son, they would pass by the house. This is the first time they asked us to see the house and take pictures.
I invited them inside to take a quick look around and she noted the chandelier was still there. It was an interesting visit and I was happy to grant the wish of the person who built our house - to see it one more time.
Have you ever gone back to visit a house you once lived in?
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22 responses
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
26 May 17
No.. because ive lived here 20years out of my 25 year of life. Lol
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
27 May 17
Oh! you are just a baby still but with time - maybe another 20 or 40 years
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
27 May 17
Thanks. I would have hoped for the same consideration if it were me.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
27 May 17
So nice of you..I am sure the couple would have felt very happy
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
27 May 17
Thanks. Yes they were very happy. She even said her husband is ailing and she can't wait to give him an update and show him photos
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
26 May 17
I bet that made that lady so happy bless her.
You were so kindly hospitable to the nice people to let them come see.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
26 May 17
I think it did as much for me as it did for them and they really appreciated it.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
26 May 17
I would have wanted someone to do the same for me
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
26 May 17
You can see it meant a lot to her. She also said her husband was ill.
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@kaka135 (14916)
• Malaysia
30 May 17
What a good memory for the old lady. I can't imagine how grateful she was being able to see the house she built. It's so kind of you too.
My parents haven't move house since I was born, so I still always go back to the house where I was growing up. It's full of good memories too, though we didn't build it.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
30 May 17
It is always nice to be able to return to the home you grew up in especially when there are good memories
@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
27 May 17
Yes she and her son were both happy. Her husband is ailing so he couldn't make the trip but says she can't wait to update him
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
27 May 17
Not recently but when mother was alive, I did. Now my niece lives there and it is not the same.
Both you and that lady must have truly enjoyed that encounter.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
27 May 17
It was a really nice time visiting with her and her son. felt like I knew them .
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
27 May 17
No I haven't @Freelanzer , but it was really nice of you to take them around your home and that she got to relive some happy memories.
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
29 May 17
@Freelanzer I think it added to everyone's day. Pretty awesome
@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
28 May 17
Thanks. it was also nice to meet the person who built the house and her son who grew up in the house
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
27 May 17
How nice that you were able to grant this wish for this 90 year old to see her house again. Many times I wish I had been able to go back and visit the house my grandparents lived in as it held so many fond memories for me.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
28 May 17
I was happy to do it and to meet the person who built the house I live in and raised my kids in
@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
27 May 17
Right, I certainly wasn't prepared for visitors but I thought if it were me I would like to have look
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
26 May 17
Yes, but never inside...Only with a sort of looking back into the past feeling from outside.
It was very nice of you to say yes to them
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
27 May 17
They only asked to look on the outside but I invited them in. Same here I have gone back to my first home but just looked as I drove by
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@thislittlepennyearns (58140)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
26 May 17
That was very sweet of you. It probably made her day, did you hear any cool stories about the house?
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
27 May 17
One story she told is that when she planted the maple tree her neighbor told her that it will grow very tall and the branches will drop their leaves on her roof. Her response was "I won't be here when that happens". Just a couple years ago the neighbor had to have the branches hanging over her roof trimmed.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
27 May 17
Well the house I was born in now belongs to someone else. I do sometimes pass from its nearby places but I do not visit it any longer.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
27 May 17
I guess it all depends on what meaning it has for you and how long you lived there. Then some just like to forget and move on.
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
3 Jun 17
No but I have always wanted to go see the house I grew up in once again.
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
27 May 17
the house meant so much to them that they keep checking on it when they're in the area. maybe the previous times they came no one was out. i think being told you took good care of the house and retained things like the chandelier would be the best compliment to receive.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
27 May 17
It was a compliment, imagine if they had seen their old home turned into a dump that wouldn't have been nice.
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@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
28 May 17
What a touchingly beautiful story. It was indeed very sweet of you @Freelanzer to welcome them to your home that this lady had tenderly built.
@diosabella (4789)
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27 May 17
Very sweet of you. Unfortunately the house I grow up with is a historical house. They razed the house and built it again in another province. So can't really visit it anymore that its gone.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
27 May 17
Oh that is too bad. Didn't know they could get rid of historical houses and building it somewhere else is not the same
