Elena cleaned the carpets in the family room the other day.  As I was putting the furniture back into the room I moved back in two chairs (like the picture at the right) and thought to myself… “man, if these chairs could talk!”

These two chairs have existed for literally decades.  They were given to Elena and I when we were married so that we had something to sit on.  They came from my grandparent’s house and I know they were with them for many years.  Those are some sturdy chairs!  I tried to think if there is any other piece of furniture that Elena and I still have from when we were first married and I can’t think of any.  Those chairs have been through a lot.  Here is their brief story of life with us:

• Placement in the first Lawrence home, a tiny basement apartment.  The bathroom was so small you could sit on the toilet, put your feet in the shower, and wash your hands in the sink all at the same time.
• Moved to the duplex where they lived in the kitchen at a tiny table.
• Moved to an apartment where they then lived with a bumper pool table.
• Moved to a basement apartment (translated: cheaper) where they still lived with the bumper pool table.
• Moved to our first home, still with the bumper pool table (I think…)
• Then began the beating… they became the ultimate step ladders.  They were used to paint ceilings, stain an arbor, change light bulbs, and build a play set.
• Moved to our current home, sans bumper pool table.  Here they have still filled the step ladder role for all the same things plus construction and insulation install.
• And now they are often the resting place of the backside of two little girls as they eat their meal and watch TV.

And that’s just the 17+ years they’ve been with us.  I bet Grandpa could tell some great stories about the chairs!

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