September 7, 2025: The Silent Keeper

My favorite piece of furniture.

Forget fancy dressers or ornate chairs, the one I cherish sits right in the kitchen.

I’m talking about… our dinner table.

The sturdy frame holds so many memories. Birthdays, homework, card games, friends, holidays, stories told. It is a silent keeper of our history, the center of family life.

Two meals a day (breakfast and dinner) over twenty years. The math is simple, but the impact is staggering: tens of thousands of moments shared around this table.

Yes, there are smudges and divots and scratches. Not a single mark feels like a flaw. Instead, each one speaks of joy and beautiful chaos.

More than wood and nails, it’s the story of us.