Home (Be)Coming

The Murphy family has reached their destination! After years of planning and months of construction, they’ve finally moved into their dream hybrid log home.

- Sean Murphy

I ’ve read my share of fairy tales to my kids, but one particular story — The Three Little Pigs — came to mind as I prepared for writing this, my final installment of our log home journey. As we all know, the pigs build houses of straw, sticks and brick. The first two pigs quickly put their straw and stick homes together and are out dancing and playing long before the third pig completes his brick home late in the day. As the wolf visits each house, he blows down the first two with ease, and all the pigs end up in the brick house, safe together even after the wolf tries to come down the chimney (and they devise a plan to start a fire to chase him away once and for all).

Houses are made of all kinds of materials … logs, metal, stone and myriad others. A home,however, is made of far different components. A home is made of our blood, sweat and tears. A home is made of the echoes of our laughter mixed with the joy of our accomplishments. It's made from tearful disappoinments that serve as our strongest foundations. Beyond everything else, a home is made of love. So, while house can be damaged by life's big, bad wolves, a home will always survive so long as love is at its core.