The House on Orange Road
We didn’t always live in the house on Orange Road. Before that, we lived on Gibbs with a backyard always full of life, before that on Catherine Street, apartment #2, which was like heaven on earth squashed in a 40 by 80-foot apartment. Before that, we lived on Main Street in a smaller apartment, which was the exact opposite, and before that I was not born yet. You could say I moved around a lot in 15 years, but all of our focus while moving around was a 3-acre lot, next to the Ross’ and the Blankenbaker’. There we worked on making our own house. It may look like it was built on a hill, but it is actually fit snug in the hill. Walking into it feels like walking into a hobbit hole. It combines the country feel but embraces city style. It is not a mansion, but we are building one, and one day, I will see it for myself.
My Name …show more content…
A name that would later describe height, jazz, and knowledge. Thomas, a name of royalty, English no doubt. A name not of power and might, but that of cunningness, cleverness, and the ability to speak clearly. Thomas also means doubtful. Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, known most for what he did after Jesus’ crucifixion. Jesus showed himself to his disciples, but Thomas was not there at the time. The others came to him later and, as John 20:25 says, " So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he (Thomas) said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” One week later, all of the disciples were together when Jesus revealed himself once more and he said “Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and
We didn’t always live in the house on Orange Road. Before that, we lived on Gibbs with a backyard always full of life, before that on Catherine Street, apartment #2, which was like heaven on earth squashed in a 40 by 80-foot apartment. Before that, we lived on Main Street in a smaller apartment, which was the exact opposite, and before that I was not born yet. You could say I moved around a lot in 15 years, but all of our focus while moving around was a 3-acre lot, next to the Ross’ and the Blankenbaker’. There we worked on making our own house. It may look like it was built on a hill, but it is actually fit snug in the hill. Walking into it feels like walking into a hobbit hole. It combines the country feel but embraces city style. It is not a mansion, but we are building one, and one day, I will see it for myself.
My Name …show more content…
A name that would later describe height, jazz, and knowledge. Thomas, a name of royalty, English no doubt. A name not of power and might, but that of cunningness, cleverness, and the ability to speak clearly. Thomas also means doubtful. Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, known most for what he did after Jesus’ crucifixion. Jesus showed himself to his disciples, but Thomas was not there at the time. The others came to him later and, as John 20:25 says, " So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he (Thomas) said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” One week later, all of the disciples were together when Jesus revealed himself once more and he said “Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and