We are having our roof redone, finally. We’ve been waiting since June for the roofers to get to us and they finally arrived yesterday. We are so happy they’ve started.
I wasn’t really excited about getting it done since it is a very expensive project (we have a low slope roof, so it isn’t shingles and its way more expense to redo) and there didn’t seem to be anything wrong with the roof. But John has been talking about it for a few years wanting to get ahead of any problems. It’s a good thing I’m not in charge of house maintenance because to be honest I’d be living in a ramshackle shack with the roof caved in.
When the roofers took off the top layers to get to the wood what they found in a rather large area of the roof was trouble just waiting to happen, so they’ve had to replace the base layer of wood in those places. We had no idea there was rot under there, it looked good on the surface, and we hadn’t had any leakage, yet.
Of course, I have to go all metaphysical on this and see the symbolism about the image looking good and not being aware that there may well be something that has been rotting underneath. Old ideas that served us at one time but need to be replaced if we are going to stay tight and dry, so to speak.
Hmmm, is this telling me something personally or telling us something as a couple? I haven’t hit on anything yet, but I am open to seeing if there is something hidden behind what appears to be all great on the surface. Or perhaps the stuff that could have become a problem is being taken care of already because I do tend to face things as they arise, at least much of the time, and we talk about it so this could be just clean up work before things go awry.
I don’t have any answers but I’m happy to wonder and be shown if there is anything. In the meantime, I am just so grateful that it is being looked after; I so appreciate that husband of mine and his persistence!
Namaste
