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Monday, November 19, 2012

The Miracle of Coming Home Part One

Our house after the tornado hit.
Our home restored.
We are home. And it is a miracle. No really. It IS a miracle. On March 2 our home was nearly destroyed by the tornado that raced from Piner Kentucky to Moscow Ohio where we live. The entire south wall was ripped from the second floor to the ground. The house was originally built in 1890 and has been added to and built upon ever since. The house sits on the river bank of the Ohio River with a spectacular view of  the river from almost every room. It is the house we always dreamed of owning and the tornado ripped up one side and down the other. But a structural engineer brought in by our insurance company deemed the house structurally sound. We had good insurance and it was a no brainer for us to restore the house. And that's what we did. We hired a great general contractor who listened to all our desires and two months ago we came home. We came home to a practically brand new old house. New siding, new windows, new roof, all the broken walls repaired, new electric wiring, new fence. It truly is a miracle.