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e city, so ok. The outside is exactly like the pictures, no surprise there.</p><p id="4d90">Then we open the door. OMG! The previous occupants were hoarders! No, they weren’t really hoarders, they were just living in extreme filth. Garbage is piled up 2 feet high. Animal feces, used cat litter, and rotting food are everywhere. It is horrible: I will not lie.</p><p id="d136">I have been told by a nosy neighbor that it was a single mother with 5 children who made the mess of the house I bought. One of her children was severely mentally disabled and “she allowed him” (neighbor’s words) to break holes in the walls. I am sure she was depressed, overwhelmed, had no help, could not cope. The neighbors are judgmental of this woman who I have never met. I have come to feel sorry for this family, for this single mother.</p><p id="f898">As I look around the house with the high cathedral ceilings and open space, I don’t see the garbage and the filth; I see the home as I want it to be. I will deal with the trash and the dirt. The home’s bones are good. Its structure is sound. A lot of cleaning and patching will make it liva

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ble again. I will be able to live in the country, have a garden, breathe fresh air, not pay rent to a slumlord, and maybe even have chickens for eggs.</p><p id="a8f6">~~ <a href="undefined">Rhonda Marrone</a> 7/2021</p><figure id="141b"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*d-p46n2dHqAgGEaI5FPMmw.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by Author</figcaption></figure><h1 id="8906">Be Open Says;</h1><div id="a3e3" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/be-open-submission-guidelines-41ea51ef4ef1"> <div> <div> <h2>We Invite You to Become Our Writer — Be Open Submission Guidelines</h2> <div><h3>You don’t have to be a great writer or super perfect human to contribute here. I believe everyone can become inspirator…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*eBrTZS3wC0WwzBZjivi7tg.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

The Story of My House: Part 1

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Recently, I accidentally bought a house. How do you buy a house by accident, you ask? Well, it was an online auction. I put in very low bid, thinking, surely, someone would bid at least $100 higher than me. But, no! No one ever went higher!!!

So, now I am the owner of a double wide trailer on 4 acres of land. Here’s the kicker: I had never seen the inside of this house before I bid on it. The outside pictures looked ok. It looked like it needed work from the pictures but looked ok. So, I was hopeful, especially with 4 acres of land. And no matter what, my bid was extremely low, so I wasn’t worried. I almost stole it.

When my daughter and I went to look at it we got a couple surprises. It is farther out in the country than I realized and than I really wanted to be. But I am tired of the noise and the violence of the city, so ok. The outside is exactly like the pictures, no surprise there.

Then we open the door. OMG! The previous occupants were hoarders! No, they weren’t really hoarders, they were just living in extreme filth. Garbage is piled up 2 feet high. Animal feces, used cat litter, and rotting food are everywhere. It is horrible: I will not lie.

I have been told by a nosy neighbor that it was a single mother with 5 children who made the mess of the house I bought. One of her children was severely mentally disabled and “she allowed him” (neighbor’s words) to break holes in the walls. I am sure she was depressed, overwhelmed, had no help, could not cope. The neighbors are judgmental of this woman who I have never met. I have come to feel sorry for this family, for this single mother.

As I look around the house with the high cathedral ceilings and open space, I don’t see the garbage and the filth; I see the home as I want it to be. I will deal with the trash and the dirt. The home’s bones are good. Its structure is sound. A lot of cleaning and patching will make it livable again. I will be able to live in the country, have a garden, breathe fresh air, not pay rent to a slumlord, and maybe even have chickens for eggs.

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