They spend every weekend working on their new home.
Patten died of a heart attack while working on his home in 1929.
Mr. Ferrara has been loving his children and working on his home in southern Brooklyn.
"When you work on your home," he writes, "you are working on yourself."
In his account book, he recorded the names of everyone who worked on his home.
She worries that eyebrows might be raised when married men work on her home, or drop in to make sure everything is all right.
"He's a great guy, whatever happens," said his neighbor, Michael, who refused to give his full name as he worked on his home across the street.
Arsonists are far too often former firefighters, burglars are many times people who have been in or worked on your home.
I want to thank you for working tirelessly on our perfect home.
They melted all his certainties just as the summer sun worked on his home.