Brick Flooring

"It has character"

That's what my mother told me every time I asked about the brick flooring in the kitchen

"A home needs character for us to grow into

and that's why we keep the old brick floors"

I can still see the dents from rollerblading in the house and dropping the old microwave

  But the old brick floors are here to stay

You can spot the messiest spills from life, and love, and dinner conversations on those floors

  But they've caught it all and that's why we keep them

They've been scrubbed down one too many times and may have lost some shine

  But those floors have never lost character

Rhythm from the kitchen dance parties

Anxiety from the childhood lectures

Love from everyone who steps foot on them

and character

So much character that even when we replaced the carpet, the brick floors stayed put

A home needs character for us to grow into

and we've grown our roots into the old brick floors