This is Marcus:
Son, husband, and father extraordinaire.
This is Lauren:
Daughter, wife, and the world’s okayest mom (also a fan of self-deprecation and the author of this story).
Currently, Marcus and Lauren live in a fixer-upper they purchased three years ago because Marcus wanted a project to fill his time between a full-time job and raising two little girls (if you’re sensing an eye-roll at this point you would be correct). Three years later, and Marcus and Lauren are still living in a fixer-upper though it recently occurred to Lauren that withholding sex might have proven to be a good motivator. Granted, the roof is no longer leaking, there is flooring throughout the home, and the back deck doesn’t have a two foot wide gap at the door effectively resulting in a deathtrap but, the pressure is on because Marcus, Lauren, and girls are gearing up for their third move in five years and this one is a doozy.
“Sligo” as it stands in July, 2018.
The back of Sligo, July, 2018.
Bringing Back Sligo 
3 thoughts on “In the Beginning”
misterfluffles
How is Sligo pronounced? SLIH-go? slee-GO? Other? It’s a strange and not especially lovely name…
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bringingbacksligo
I believe it’s “SLIH-go.” I don’t know how they came to that name unless Dixon, the original owner, was Irish and perhaps named it after the county Sligo in Ireland. I haven’t figured that part out yet but it’s definitely a question a lot of people have.
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bringingbacksligo
After a cursory search, Dixon and his entire family were all English. The mystery of the name continues.
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