My Apartment

Today, I felt tired after hours of cleaning and tiding up. I decided to lie down for a few minutes.  I went to my daughter's room and lay down on her bed.  It suddenly occurred to me how comfortable and peaceful this room has been for us.  We bought our apartment in July 2001.  My husband and I have been living here since September 2001.  The living room walls were very bright yellow.  I fell in love with the yellow walls and the brightness of the place.  I was young and full of excitement and had decided to decorate the apartment just the way I wanted..   I bought green sofas and white tables.  After a few years, we changed the wall color to green and made a lot of changes to the place.  I got new cream color curtains.  The living room looks smaller and darker with the new furniture.  The middle bedroom became our gust/ computer room.  We spent most of out time here either on the computer, reading or just hanging out.  After Lenna was born in 2008, we turned the room to a baby room and left the computer there.  I spent most of my maternity leave with my beautiful quiet little girl in this room.  I rocked her while listening to music, hugging and playing and sometimes, spending time on the computer while she was sleeping on my lap on her big pillow.  Even the night time was so nice.  I would rock her sitting on the rocking chair and feel the warmth of having her in my life.  The middle room later turned into the toddler room.  It is still our favorite room full of toys and fun things.  we decided to move many times for different reasons but could not find a place as fordable, nice and convenient location vice.  We love it here.  I know we will move to a big house in the next couple of years but I can never forget this home.  I really hope we can take all the love, warmth and memories of this place with us whereever we go.