Dream Redeemed
A father moves his whole family to an ocean inlet because he believes one day this will be a place of opportunity. The houses and land around the inlet are rundown. He dreams of ficxing up this land and making it a beautiful place, but he doesn't have the money to build a nice house, so they live in a small "kit house" with thin walls, a tiny kitchen, a den, and two bedrooms. The parents sleep in one bedroom and the three children in the other.
He ends up working so much to support his family that he never gets to spending as much time restoring the land as he would like. But he talks about his vision. He tells anyone that comes by. One day he can see people come from all over to visit this little inlet. He sees boating competitions and beautiful homes and interesting shops.
But all his words seem just like words to his children. They cannot understand their father's dream. The mother tries to support him but she doesn't really get it either. As they grow up tensions develop between the mother and the daughters. She doesn’t understand them and they don’t understand her.
One year the mother decorates her den for Christmas. She never really had an eye for décor and when she decorates the den it doesn’t look very nice but she leaves it up year round. This dries the daughters crazy. Eventually all the children move away.
As they become young adults, one daughter is creative and has an eye for making beautiful things. The other daughter is smart with money and investing. One year, they decide to spend the money to completely redo the mother’s den. They turn it into a beautiful room, but the mother is hurt, feeling that they rejected her by changing the look. This drives a greater wedge between them.
Then the daughter with money convinces the other daughter that they should go into business together. She provides the business expertise and the other one provides the creative flair. She rents a building along the inlet, and they fix it up. Soon it is a thriving business. Then they start another business. Soon they own several buildings along the inlet and they have single handedly begun reviving this area.
Somewhere along the way, the one money daughter finally understands how the mother felt and she returns to the home, restoring the den back to the old Christmas decorations. Turns out she has an eye like her moms and it look almost like it did in the past. The mother is deeply touched and the relationship is healed because they find some way to connect.
People in the area begin taking interest in their homes and land and begin fixing them up. Soon people come to visit. Gradually the whole inlet is transformed. The father’s dreams are ultimately realized in his children and there is healing in the all the relationships.
He ends up working so much to support his family that he never gets to spending as much time restoring the land as he would like. But he talks about his vision. He tells anyone that comes by. One day he can see people come from all over to visit this little inlet. He sees boating competitions and beautiful homes and interesting shops.
But all his words seem just like words to his children. They cannot understand their father's dream. The mother tries to support him but she doesn't really get it either. As they grow up tensions develop between the mother and the daughters. She doesn’t understand them and they don’t understand her.
One year the mother decorates her den for Christmas. She never really had an eye for décor and when she decorates the den it doesn’t look very nice but she leaves it up year round. This dries the daughters crazy. Eventually all the children move away.
As they become young adults, one daughter is creative and has an eye for making beautiful things. The other daughter is smart with money and investing. One year, they decide to spend the money to completely redo the mother’s den. They turn it into a beautiful room, but the mother is hurt, feeling that they rejected her by changing the look. This drives a greater wedge between them.
Then the daughter with money convinces the other daughter that they should go into business together. She provides the business expertise and the other one provides the creative flair. She rents a building along the inlet, and they fix it up. Soon it is a thriving business. Then they start another business. Soon they own several buildings along the inlet and they have single handedly begun reviving this area.
Somewhere along the way, the one money daughter finally understands how the mother felt and she returns to the home, restoring the den back to the old Christmas decorations. Turns out she has an eye like her moms and it look almost like it did in the past. The mother is deeply touched and the relationship is healed because they find some way to connect.
People in the area begin taking interest in their homes and land and begin fixing them up. Soon people come to visit. Gradually the whole inlet is transformed. The father’s dreams are ultimately realized in his children and there is healing in the all the relationships.
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