Pictures & Doorframes

This is Robyn with the homelessness group, posting my first blog here on the site. We've been gutting or "mucking" a house from start to finish, and we're beginning to see a serious change in the it. The formerly crowded and tattered house is beginning to look like a skeleton. No more walls, no more carpet, and no more ceiling in some areas.
A few highlights of the work itself today include the distruction of the shower, and Whitney getting some pretty gross water dripped on her. Also, I tackled the kitchen entrance in all it's metal glory.
However, the highlight of the day overall was when the owner of the house and his daughter came by. After talking about his experiences thus far in Houston, he walked through the house. I could not even begin to fathom what must have been going through his mind. Then someone mentioned that we had saved some pictures and personal belongings of his.
While we stood outside, he came to us and and showed us all an old faded picture of a small girl. He went on to tell us that this was a picture of his daughter as a child, and was the only surviving picture of his daughter at this age.
The rest of the day that conversation became my motivation. Putting a face to this house has changed it's meaning to me.
Hopefully I'll get a chance to write again, but it's getting late now and I'm going to go attempt to get some sleep!