Empty homes and memories...

In the last 6 months I have visited two young families that have both moved into their first house, which is brand new.  Both families had moved from relatively smaller apartments or condos and as a result didn't have enough furniture to fill the enormous homes.  However, they have taken this opportunity with little furniture to allow their toddler children to run free. 

As I was visiting these new homes and young families I constantly felt myself contrasting the experience with that of visiting older families in homes they have occupied for 20 plus years.  It is difficult to explain, but having grown up and having watched relatives grow up I feel that I have seen that end often.  However, at this point in my life I'm seeing the birth of families like I have never experienced.  I know both of these families will likely live in these homes for a long time and I can just see the memories waiting to be made.  Good or bad the memories make a home more than the furniture.  When my family moved out of our house after only 8 years I remember looking at the then empty home and thinking realizing how full it actually was.  I look forward to being apart of the "furnishing" process for these young families.