Yes. I can.

– Maybe the old, broken and unwanted home represents to you a person:  maybe it represents you, past or present. Maybe it represents one of your parents as you observed her/him when you were a child, seeing her brokenness, her great need for love, you tried hard, yet nothing you did fixed what was broken, none of your blood, sweat and tears made her feel loved.

Maybe the old, broken and unwanted home represents your childhood home, or just your childhood.. a childhood you wish you could fix, redo, and re-live differently (?)

You hit the nail on the head.  My mother and those others I have and continue to serve. I have spent basically my entire life trying to overcome pain in one form or another.  I dedicated my professional life to social work – running a foster care agency and my practice as a therapist working with police, first responders, firefighters.  I sunk my heart and soul into the house as you stated so eloquently in the spirit of not only the past with my mother but to create life after listening to countless hours of the pain and trauma of others.  Time to move on.