A Life Well Lived

Are you wondering what the name is all about? A life well lived is not to say that we, the Kilgore's, have lived life well. This is only a desire of our's that as we live our lives-let it be well lived. A well lived life does not mean it is a perfect life. I would not dare ask for a perfect life. A well lived life is more like a house that you can tell has been lived in. A house that because of its imperfections has character. It has many stories to tell. There are stories of happiness when a newly married couple comes home for the first time, stories of new life being born and brought home to be raised, stories of celebrating letting life go to find a home of their own. There are stories of testing, growth and maturing as when strong storms blow in and the house stands still, stories of dents, scratches, spills, clogs and burns that brought lessons learned. There are stories of remodeling as time goes by and life calls for change. A house that a well lived life is like is one that has been through all that life can bring, but has been well cared for by it's owner-the one the house is entrusted with. We are all given one life and are entrusted to care for it well, to live it well. Sometimes a life is not well cared for, not well lived. Sometimes a life is abandoned just as some houses are abandoned to never become what it was built to be. Sometimes a life never welcomes change just like houses that still hold the same appearance as it did when it was first built and it just doesn't work like it used to. Sometimes a life tries so hard to reach perfection like a house that is so immaculate the occupants are afraid to even breathe. Sometimes a life is destroyed by self, like a house that burns down because of faulty wiring. At the end of the day, at the end of my life, I do not want my life like these houses. I want to be a responsible owner of my life. I want to care for it well by living it well. I want a life that still stands for years to come in legacy. This is about our life, the ups and the downs, the exciting and the mundane. So come with us on our journey of living life well! However you live your's, let us learn and grow together.