Foundations

The guys are setting up the foundation for the house. I'd post a picture if my digital camera decided to work. [ Digital camera working 8-24-09] This of course has moved my thoughts into the direction of foundations in all parts of life. I was wondering, if we had a rotten childhood does that mean that the structure we build upon that will always be shaky? Or is it like the Victorian house we restored...the foundation had to be dug out and replaced with a perimeter foundation to get our loan approved. It was worth doing because the edifice had proved to have lasting value. The house structure was sound. The contractor for the foundation, a fellow who specialized in Victorian foundation restoration (sounds fancy, I know, but we have enough old houses up here to develop a specialty) said that it was the best Victorian foundation he'd ever seen. I felt that it was a shame that we had to re-do it, it had already lasted over a hundred years and although unconventional now was "how it's done" back then. They used huge boulders, strategically placed , to support the house.

So just maybe a rotten childhood can have enough points of strength and stability to support our lives, if we have enough boulders in the right place. Even if the foundation is shaky, if we've managed to erect an edifice of strength and enduring beauty then it will be worth going back to restructure the foundation. I think we've all known someone who caved in in life because their foundation was rotten. I believe that we also know beautiful people who erected their house on rocky ground and they are strong and will endure for a hundred years. Now you know what counselors think of when they're weeding the green beans. ;)