Our Leather Recliner

Let me tell you the story about our leather recliner.  When I was in college, I had earned enough scholarship money that we had some left over.  Scott and I married in between my junior and senior year so it was our money to do with what we wanted.  Well, seeing that we both moved from home, we had very little furniture so we bought a $600 leather recliner with our money.  I graduated college over seven years ago and we still have that same black leather recliner in our living room. 

I’m sitting here looking at it now and it still doesn’t really match anything and it’s big and bulky but it’s comfortable.  But what memories I have from it.  I remember lying with Scott in it, snuggled as newlyweds.  I remember being pregnant for the first time and sleeping in it because my heart burn and huge belly just wouldn’t let me do otherwise.  I remember sitting in it nursing  Emma with my blue boppy pillow with bees on it.  I remember Scott holding Emma right in the crook of his arm and somehow always rocking her to sleep.  I remember my two girls sitting side by side in it watching tv.  I remember Emma sitting up and eating her lunch after school with a tv tray watching cartoons.  And most recently, I remember Lexi sitting in Emma’s lap while she pretended to read story to her from a book.

The recliner is dirty and torn and has holes in spots that we’ve tried to patch and really we should replace it.  Maybe one day we will but for now, we’re busy making memories.