Real Estate Matters
By Elisa Jo Eagan
“If these walls could talk…” is an often heard sentiment when it comes to telling the story of a home. It may be a place for simple everyday living, but it’s also where we experience the drama of life’s ups and downs, the bad times and the good. For the people who experience their lives in your home – the ones who call it “HERE” – the story can be profound.
On Nov. 1, a new movie called “HERE,” directed by Robert Zemeckis, and starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, is being released into theaters across America. It tells the story of the various things that happened in the living room of a single house over 100 years. It depicts multiple generations and how their lives are tied together by the moments that unfolded in that singular space.
This movie, much like the real-life experience of home ownership, captures the memorable times that take place there. It tells the stories of family and friends as they experience landmark events such as weddings, births, deaths, love, health, good times and bad times, sad times and the humorous occasions, throughout the decades of life in a home – all in the process of creating their “HERE.”
These memories featured in the movie, as in our own homes, are created one moment at a time, one day at a time, one year at a time, and one person at a time.
These moments are paralleled in each treasured photographs that we take, kept in a frame to remember the joy and togetherness shared with our loved ones within the walls of our home. It shows how loved ones, shared emotions, and treasured memories, and time itself can all be tied together in a single vital space – something as simple as the living room depicted in the movie.
The timeless popular song “Our House,” is incorporated into the movie. Written by Graham Nash and recorded by Crosby Stills Nash and Young in 1970, the melodious words come to mind:
I’ll light the fire
You place the flowers in the vase
That you bought today…
Staring at the fire
For hours and hours
while I listen to you…
Such a cozy room
(such a cozy room)
The windows are illuminated
By the evening sunshine through them
The line brings to us the warmth of the living room by the fireplace, the simple lyrics about ordinary moments and domestic bliss which make for the memories that last in your heart for a lifetime, making you feel the importance of your own family home “HERE.”
When reflecting on our own Shore Local area and the place that we call home, this is what choosing and creating your own “HERE” is all about. Love one another, enjoy, and make those memories “here” in our own Shore Local area.
For More Real Estate Questions, Information and Advice Contact Elisa Jo Eagan “The Real Estate Godmother” (609)703-0432 and Remember…”There’s No Place Like Owning Your Own Home!”
