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Handwritten text "Living Large in A Small House" with a blue flower illustration, followed by smaller text: "Decorating, Gardening & Entertaining. Everything I love, all in 1,300 square feet.

Recollections and Reflections

Some stories are worth saving. Recollections & Reflections is where I share the personal essays, family memories, and quiet observations that shaped my life and the life of my family in our small house. From milestones and seasons of change to everyday moments worth remembering, these posts capture the heart behind the home.

  • River view from a small home property in the Chicago suburbs
    Recollections and Reflections

    Lynn’s Recollections and Reflections #27 – Meeting Keith

  • corner of the living room fireplace mantel showing the details of the frame tv, brass candle sticks and faux flocked greenery
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    Lynn’s Recollections and Reflections #26 – Present Day

  • photography of a hospital
    Recollections and Reflections

    Lynn’s Recollections and Reflections #25 – Losing My Favorite Home

  • A ghostly woman in a white dress stands on a dimly lit staircase, her figure blurred and semi-transparent, as if a fleeting recollection haunting the dark hallway with an ethereal atmosphere.
    Recollections and Reflections

    Lynn’s Recollections and Reflections #24 – The Ghost

  • Me and "Handy" on the right and my cousin and her husband on the left at my brother's wedding.
    Recollections and Reflections

    Lynn’s Recollections and Reflections #23 – Roommates

  • A smiling woman with blonde hair and a young boy in formal attire pose outdoors, surrounded by greenery and flowers, capturing a warm moment of recollection.
    Recollections and Reflections

    Lynn’s Recollections and Reflections #22 – Dating Single Mom

  • my farmhouse on Raymond ave in Barrington
    Recollections and Reflections

    Lynn’s Recollections and Reflections #21 – Fixer Upper

  • A smiling young boy in a red-and-white striped sweater sits on the carpet playing with a yellow toy bus, while a woman with blond hair, lost in recollection, sits on a couch behind him next to a lit table lamp.
    Recollections and Reflections

    Lynn’s Recollections and Reflections #20 – Why Am I Writing This?

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