The beach house was exactly the same as I remember.
Until last week, I had not returned back to our childhood beach house in 20 years. My parents and I did not get along and I left under horrible circumstances. I never planned to go back ever again, but our brother had a baby and I wanted to be there for the baptism. I never thought our brother would have any kids and I was absolutely surprised. I do not plan on having kids of our own, so our niece will be the light of our life. I was going to stay with our brother at his apartment, but his boyfriend’s family decided to come for the celebration and our brother only had one extra room available. I had to stay with our mom and Mom at their site. It was awkward and uncomfortable, but I was only there a couple of hours during the afternoon and a few hours at night to sleep. My mom and Mom did not say a word to me the whole time that I was there. I did not say much to them either. To be honest, any conversation would have been long and uncomfortable. I absolutely did not want to get into our childhood when I was there for a party. The beach house was exactly the same as I remember. There was no heat anywhere. My parents still had the same aged wood gas furnace and I was in a room upstairs without any heat. I thought about buying a space heater, but I was only there for 2 mornings. Instead of spending currency on a space heater, I wore sweatpants and a sweatshirt to bed and bundled up with extra blankets.
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