💕$475,000 💕 Christmas was their favorite holiday. The smell of fir needles, colored lights tangled and untangled while the turkey cooked in the oven. Laughter built up like snowdrifts. The backyard, private and flat, played host to snowball fights, angel impressions, boots left by the patio door. Memorial Day was for the grill and the flag, for stories told over hamburgers, for sticky lemonade, for the kids playing hopscotch in the driveway. The dog underfoot and picking up all the extra crumbs or stretched out in the sun while neighbors waved from the sidewalk, paper plates in hand. The father kept the house strong, replacing cast iron, concreting in the crawlspace, tools hung just so in the garage, a soft radio crackling through open doors. The carport provided an easy path, arms full of groceries, into the hum of a family at full tilt. The bathrooms—pristine, like time bottled up—reflected faces year after year. Morning scrambles, bedtime teeth, shaving foam and freckles and qu...