When Mom and Dad got married, they lived in a one-bedroom apartment on California St. in San Francisco. It was just down from Nob Hill. One year later, Monica was born. Ten months after that, Eileen was born. Two babies in a one-bedroom apartment! Mom used to say that Eileen had her days and nights reversed- she would sleep all day and cry all night. Mom worried about disturbing the neighbors. In 1953, a few months after Eileen was born, they were happy to move into their new house at 513 Marine View in the Sterling Downs neighborhood of Belmont. Mom and Dad liked the neighborhood. There were lots of families with young kids. They joined a babysitting coop. At the end of 1955, I came along to join the family. Then in 1958, they moved to 2602 Ponce Ave. Bob was born a few years later making the family complete.
We had so many good times in that house. Mom lived there for 58 years. It's such a long time and yet, here we are cleaning out the house. It's really a reminder to me that as much as we feel that we own things, we are all just renters here on this earth. Mom was fortunate to be able to rent for a good long time. We were fortunate, too. Fortunate to have her in our lives, and fortunate to have our family home to visit for all these years. I want to post these pictures to keep that house and all of its memories alive in us. For us, it will always be our house.
On this pocket door in the kitchen, we used to measure ourselves, our friends, even our cat and dog.
It will be a little secret for the future owners to discover.
And here we are filling the house and creating some of the happy memories:
What a great collection of pictures. There is so much history in that house, so many great memories over 58 years! The timeless white lamp with gold splotches shines on in so many shots!
ReplyDeleteDriving down Ralston, we'll always see, "Our House", long after new families create their new memories. I was very fortunate to hang out in the house I was born for so long. Godspeed, Mom & Dad!
This is so heart wrenching! I am so lucky to have met my wonderful husband and have been so fortunate to have had such warm loving and welcoming in laws ( aka, mom and dad) I know how I feel losing these wonderful people and the feeling of no more stop by's to just say "hey" I am so glad I always took the time to say hey! Until we meet again, love you ♡
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