The stability of leaning on old barns

Maybe it’s just me and my old fashioned ways, but there is something very faithful about an old barn. Time and busy humans travel on by and seem to forget they are there.

They stand through wind and rain, lean a bit more during road construction and absorb the exhaust of vehicles.

Problems sometimes seem like stubborn old barns.

The other night the tub was not draining. I did what every single-mother-wanna-be-plumber does. I found the longest flat head screw driver and shoved it down the drain. I should say before we get any further in this story I am not fond of the house I currently call hom...