Harmony Hill: Let Me Sow Love

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Hello
I’m Isabella Endicotti, but everyone just calls me Bella Nonna.
Let me tell you about Harmony Hill. It’s a little piece of Heaven tucked away from the rest of world. My great grandfather, Lorenzo Auditore, purchased it over one hundred years ago.
He and his two brothers had left Italy and traveled the United States looking for a better life. His two older brothers stay in America for five years before deciding to go back to Italy, but my great grandfather stayed and traveled all over the United States. He would take odd jobs where ever he could get them. One day while working for Northland Orchards he found a slice of Heaven, as he always referred to it. He knew that this was where he was destined to spend the rest of his life. My great grandfather worked night and day until he had earned enough money to purchase it.
While working out in the mid-west he met, fell in love and married my great grandmother, Harmony Lacroix.
My great grandfather took his new bride and her brother and sister-in-law home to live in Harmony Hill. They built a cozy little house and got to work planting fruit trees, nut trees and a huge garden. Soon they had earned enough money to open a general store in the center of town.
Times were tough in the early 1900’s, so my great grandfather came up a great plan. He would contact some of the people he had worked with while trying to earn the money to buy Harmony Hill.
He had worked on a dairy farm in Wisconsin and became great friends with Ingvar Gustafsson, the nephew of the owner. He knew Mr. Gustafsson would not be inheriting any part of the dairy farm, so my great grandfather offer him a piece of land at the bottom of Harmony Hill near the large lake my great grandfather named Serenity Spring. Mr. Gustafsson’s uncle had given him two dairy cows as a wedding present which helped him start his new life in Harmony Hill. In return for the land, Mr. Gustafsson supplied my great grandparents with milk and other dairy products.
While working at a construction site my great grandfather met two master carpenters, Mr. Cleavon Johnson and Mr. James Washington. He offered them the same deal as Mr. Gustafsson.
Mr. and Mrs. Schneider were about to lose their farm and all of their livestock when my great grandfather got in contact with them. They were more than happy to accept the deal.
With a bit of luck, a lot of love and hard work my grandparents were able to buy Northland Orchards. The Gustafsson family was able to buy the land that Gustafsson’s Family Dairy now sits on. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Washington started their own construction company. Most of the homes here were built by Johnson & Washington Construction. Schneider Meat products are sold in most of the grocery store around here.
Over the years my great grandparent had many traveling workers. Most stayed for a short spell, but a few had such a great love for the land that my great grandparents gave them small portions of their land with the understanding that they would share their goods and services with the other residence.
As the families grew, so did Harmony Hill. Nowhere, to my knowledge, will you find a more eclectic loving group of people. Each family has its own unique family customs and traditions, but we all share the same family value.
Hard to believe, well get comfortable and I’ll tell you a little about the goings on around here.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Let Me Sow Love

Evil little witch in your ivory tower

You sit and bitch about the hour

Like a coward you hide in the dark

Spewing your venom on an innocent soul

If only you had the courage to speak face to face

You never took the time

To ask

To know

To understand

You just scream and threaten

Forcing my loved ones to go

Where is your compassion

Your humanity

Your sense of justice

If only you took the time to find out what was going on

You would have found a mother trying to overcome a great loss

Her son just had a frightening car accident

She was just doing her mothering thing

Loving

Consoling

Asking her sons to drive safe

I had no idea I was disturbing you

Something I never ever wanted to do

Instead you choose to hurl horrible

Frightening words at my open wound

And when I try to explain

Before I have a chance to apologize

You threaten my existence

In fear I retreat to my apartment

And sit in the dark for hours

Every creak

Every thud

Fills me with incredible terror

With each passing second

Every menacing tick of my clock

My heart grows heavier

My head pounds

I want to run

But have nowhere to go

At first I secretly curse you

Wishing you could feel my pain

Hoping someone would do to you

Exactly the same

I cry

I pace

I pray

Asking God how could someone be so cruel

If you had only taken the time

I would have gladly explained

The hours slowly pass as I pace

A new day dawns

Will you going about your day

Without a care in the world

Totally oblivious

To the despair and anger you left in your wake

I summon up the courage

To peek out through my closed blinds

I need to see the sunrise

I need the reassurance that love and compassion still exist

As I gaze upon the beauty

Salmon pink and purple streaking through a pale blue sky

I feel compassion for you slowly seep in

I am going to give you much more than you deserve

I give you my understanding

To speak with such hatred you must be in great pain

I give you my forgiveness

I choose to believe you were in great distress

Unable to think about the consequences of your threats

I give you my sincere apology

I had no idea I was disturbing you

Although I am unable to fall asleep

Your voice still echoes in my brain

I will get down on my knees

And ask God

To bless you just the same!

Harmony Hill

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Let Me Sow Love