THEY BEGIN AS WALLS A FLOOR AND O ROOF. WE ADD COLOR AND HANG PICTURES. WE PUT UP SHELVES AND PUT DOWN CARPET. WE ADD LIGHTING AND FURNITURE AND THEN IT BECOMES ROOMS. OVER TIME IT HAS MARKS FROM TOYS AND KIDS RUNNING. IT BEGINS TO ACQUIRE OUR PERSONALITY AND ABSORB OUR MEMORIES. IT HOUSES OUR MEMORIES OF BIRTHDAYS AND HOLIDAYS. IT SHELTERS US FROM THE STORMS LIFE PRESENTS AND OFTEN HOLDS A FEW OF ITS OWN. IT SHIFTS AND CHANGES AND TRANSFORMS INTO AN EXTENSION OF OUR HEARTS AND SOULS. FOR THESE WALLS HAVE WITNESSED OUR JOYS AND OUR PAINS. IT HAS BEEN THE PLACE WE DREAMED IN AND HELD ONTO OUR HOPES. AS LIFE MOVES AND TIMES TICKS BY WE EVENTUALLY LEAVE THESE WALLS BEHIND, AND WITH THEM A LITTLE PIECE OF US AND OUR HISTORY THERE BETWEEN THE FLOORBOARDS.