Household Rules I Endured as a Child, but No More

I read an article about household rules some people had to deal with, in their families of origin. Although I did not have a family in a traditional American sense, the adults I lived with as a child maintained two rules that I gleefully have abandoned as an adult. The first was a prohibition of any wall hangings or decorations. I was only allowed to hang posters from the side of a bookcase or the back of the door. The second was that animals we’re not allowed inside the house.

As I type this, I can look around and see myriad certificates, paintings, clocks, plaques, paintings, mirrors, and other decor hung all over my walls, and my cat sleeping contentedly next to me.