Weekend Kindness
Reaching Others Through Kindness

How many of you have fireplaces?

Ok, put your hands down.

One of the things that my wife and I were looking for in a new house was a fireplace.  It?s not just the benefit of having something different generate heat for the winter?it?s the romance that a fireplace brings.

Whether it?s Gas Fires, Electric Fires, or plain old Wood Fires, there?s nothing that beats the crackling sound, the warm colors and the warmth.

When I was growing up, my family had both a wood stove and a fireplace, and though we did not use the fireplace much because of soot build up in our chimney, it was something that was magical every time we lit it.

There are a lot of memories I have attached to that fireplace and the wood burning stove.  Memories of chopping and splitting wood.  Memories of sliding the wood down to the cellar.  Memories of the warmth of the air that came out of the wood stove.  It was sad to see them upgrade to oil.

And now with people buying corn stoves, pellet stoves and other kinds of stoves with the cost of natural gas, now?s the time to investigate getting a fireplace installed?even if it?s a gas or electric one?because of the many benefits.  Not the least of which is the atmosphere it creates.

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