We raise a glass to garages and rain.
.” Those lyrics buzzed through my head last weekend when I sat down to drink a beer in my garage. That moment will seem unremarkable to nearly anybody reading this website, but I’ll tell you, that beer tasted something like quiet triumph., you’ll know that my wife and I finally bought a house near Seattle after six restless years chasing R&T across the country. Between the moving boxes, packing tape,, there’s hardly been a breath for reflection.
Home ownership still feels like a distant stretch, even after my wallet’s been dented by the first mortgage payment. Seattle’s housing market rode a wild upswing for more than a decade, driven by high-paying tech jobs that outstrip the wages of middling writers like myself. We knew it’d take something special – possibly even miraculous – to land a house within our budget.At the showing for our house, we met the owner’s son. He’d stopped by at that exact moment to mow the lawn.
The photo sat on my work bench until that weekend with the cold beer and the pattering rain. I held the photo and sat in quietude. It got me thinking about garages, about fathers and sons, and time. Then sip or two from the can got me thinking about my grandpa, who passed away last year. We never talked about anything pressing, but sharing beers under the roof of his shop changed dynamic between us. I felt more worthy of recognition in his eyes when my shirt was stained with oil, and yet, he always asked about my writing. Unlike conversations with strangers or even friends, I never felt ashamed to share my hopes and insecurities on that front.
Eventually I found work again. When it was raining in my new office, my thoughts often drifted to Grandpa’s shop, but my visits there went erratic and infrequent as my life moved forward. In time, my grandparents moved and my grandpa passed away. I'm left only with the memories.
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