A Circle of Space

My journey through spaces.

After I got married, I graduated college and got a job. My wife and I settled into our first space — a tiny, first floor, one-bedroom, garden apartment. It was ideal at the time. We were surrounded by a bunch of young, outgoing, newly-wed couples. Like us they were anxious to start families and begin to live adult lives.

Our daughter was born soon after. Life was good. In the summer, we set up an above-ground pool so all the neighborhood kids could splash, cool off and socialize. In the winter after a good-sized snow, we drove…