4945 Tinderbox circle manlius new york 13104

this house means the world to me. I have never been able to say, Wow, I belong here, this is where I should be, until I came to Manlius new york. It is the smallest town you have ever seen. Think of you know the little country town, where farms and fields dominate and you have to drive 15 minutes to the grocery store, or really anything worth seeing. Downtown is a cute little town that reminds you of the past, their historic society is incredibly important to them and the houses make you feel like you are in England or something, that is what Manlius is. This house was probably the penacle of my family's constant need to move. After being in Mexico I realized that I did not want to stay in the same place for a long time, I longed to be in another place, I longed for a change of scenery. I recently learned that really the only reason we moved back to the states, was because my sister and I wanted to go to college in the U.S. and not really monetary reasons, Actually money has never really beenn the issue, even though, each move has been better than the next, it was never about the money. I always held the belief that the main reason behind each move was money, but really, it was more for personal growth, for a betterment as a family and it worked. I think Manlius is the house that brought us really close as a family. For the first time, my dad is truly present in my memories, he is actually there and my mom and my sister and I created this dynamic trio, for lack of a better expression, where we depended on each other for everything. This house gave me the opportunity to branch out, and take leaps and discover myself and to laugh again. I reference this house to my very first home, it is almost the better version of it. It was big and with unnecessary rooms, but if felt cozy at the same time. It was in one of the most expensive neighborhoods in town, therefore it was really knew and it had a pool, a big pool. I remember one time walking into the pool supplies store and telling the guy what kind of pool we had and him saying, that's one of the biggest pools in the area....I always thought that was funny. The only think I disliked about this house, was again the plants, this time they were outside of the house though. Huge flower beds, three sort of steps of them surrounded the house, so that when spring came around, it became a family tradition that took an entire weekend to get mulch together and remulch all the flower beds, re-mat, take weeds out, plant new flowers and I planted lillies, white and red...but I got pink ones instead.
and so this house just taught me to love and to understand what true love is, what connections mean, to your inner self, to your family, to the place you live in and to FRIENDS. I gained some of the most marvelous friends ever, they are some of the most amazing, talented, kind, fun people I know and through them, my memories have been created as the epitome of perfection. This is the house and the time I would go back to if I could.