Is your house alive?

We had our house appraised last Friday. The appraiser, Matt, struck up a friendly conversation with Manny and I. He said he has a 5mo daughter and he could relate to all the baby stuff, toys, gate, and general look of a house with baby/children. he was saying how he had just been to a HUGE house, a 40 something couple with NO children. He said you could tell there were rooms that hadn't had the bed used ever (guestrooms). These homes appear dead and lifeless, in contrast to a home like ours that is alive, being fully utilised and filled with family.

Family is really worth more than all the riches in the world.

Shayna and I just saw the movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" last weekend. It just so happens that was the theme of the movie.