The Old Porch Swing
The Seasons you have endured…
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall.
The Generations you have supported…
Great-Grandparents, Grandparents, Parents, Children, Grandchildren.
The Conversations you have held…
Politics, religion, love and hope and promise, arguments unresolved and resolved.
The Moments you have cherished…
First kisses, proposals, joys and heartbreaks, celebrations and sorrows, announcements and secrets.
Memories of a family.
Memories of an old porch swing.
Harmony.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 
Love it! Our porch swing is falling apart, BUT oh the memories it holds!
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So true!! 😊
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❤️
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I remember a post about your swing from many moons ago that had me thinking you were one to follow immediately. This is another beautiful piece. Thank you Jodi, woman of many talents! 💜
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Awh! ☺️. You are the best my friend!!! Thank you.
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I LOVE your poem! That is wonderful that you have a porch swing that belonged to your grandparents and great grandparents! They use to make things back then that actually lasted! LOL!
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Thanks PJ. This one did not belong to my grandparents but someone’s. 😉. And it is fun to imagine and dream of the memories.
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Oh yes, absolutely!
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This beautiful verse brings back memories of my visits to grandmother’s house in Pembroke, Virginia. Beautiful image and poetry today Jodi.
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Nothing like grandma memories. ☺️
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Yes indeed!
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Endearing and heartfelt.❤️
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Thank you. ☺️
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Very nice Jodi! 🙂
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Beautiful words and amazing image! I love this photo… tells a story just by looking at it. Fab! 😀
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That is so, so lovely, Jodi! Makes me wish we had an old porch swing, too. 🙂 ❤
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🙂 It is a lovely place
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I always loved the comfort and squeak of my grandmother’s porch swing…brought back good memories! (K)
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I hear you Kerfe! I hear you 🙂
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Just lovely, Jodi! What stories your porch swing could tell! Our porch swing is original to our home, built in 1922. In the 1920s, the porch swing and rocking chairs were there to welcome barbershop quartet singers who gathered on our front porch to sing on warm summer evenings! 🙂 Wish I could have seen them! It’s an honor to preserve these treasures. So, we carefully put them into the garage each winter. Porch swing season is just around the corner! Yay! ♡
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How wonderful! It IS almost porch swing weather! YAY!
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Beautiful verse and image, Jodi. I’ve always thought of porch swings as the icon of a happy home.
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Something about them – eh? 🙂
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WOWZA! LoVe your photo and your words complete the image perfectly! YAY Jodi! You are a woman of MANY talents! 💜💙💖
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Oh Jill – Thank you – I love this old swing 🙂
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I often think about doors this way like your old swing… 🙂
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Love that photo, Jodi!
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Thanks Torrie. I love that swing 🙂
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Oh the times its witnessed. Good times. :O)
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So true indeed Paul! 🙂
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Great memories and I love porch swings, they are divine!
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Your artistry and words are so beautiful. I love this! xo
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Thank you so very much KR!
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Beautiful, Jodi.
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Beautiful photo Jodi, and so thought provoking…
Jenna
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I’m glad you enjoyed Jenna!
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I loved this one, Jodi! Thank you…
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Thanks Ann! Something about a porch swing 🙂
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I know! I love ours, too. But I love the way you used it as a base for your wonderful family history! That’s a great way to think about it.
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Wonderful Jodi. So simple yet so complex.
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Thanks Ruth 🙂
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