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Bella Cucina Presents: Louisville's Most Deserving Kitchen Contest
Louisville's Most Deserving Kitchen Contest WINNER!Why I am Louisville's Most Deserving Kitchen Winner
I am a fortunate woman. I have a loving husband, two beautiful sons, and a supportive network of family and friends. In fact, five years ago I thought I had it all. My husband and I had just moved back to Louisville and were expecting our first child. Then, our lives took a turn when our baby boy developed autism. Those years that we should have spent reveling in his bittersweet development were instead spent shuffling from appointment to appointment searching for treatments and answers. In the four years that have passed, our lives have been a never-ending sea of evaluations, doctors, therapies, schools, heartbreaks, and disappointments. The money my husband and I planned to allocate for travel, our mutual passion, is now spent on the many therapies and aids our son needs.
The Kvasic Family
I don't want to complain though. Our lives may not be as we pictured, but their good lives nonetheless and surely others have it far worse. We are blessed in many ways and we choose to focus on that, especially in this season of Thanksgiving. One recent blessing is that this past summer we moved into the Anchorage School District. We chose Anchorage because we know it to be very good at serving the needs of children like our older son (we now have a 2-year-old son that will benefit from Anchorage School as well). It took an intense 2-year search to find a house that we could afford in this neighborhood, even at the very far reach of our budget. With our mortgage and our other necessities there is very little left over for home improvement and this house was priced affordably because it needs quite a bit of work.
We are only the second owners of our home. It was custom built in 1965 and the couple who built it lived out their days here. Therefore, very little has been done to it since then. When I look at this house, I don't dwell on its imperfections. I try not to notice the blue slate floor, the sea-horse tiles, or the sagging carport roof. I only focus on its potential since I know it's a diamond in the rough. This house was well loved by its previous owners and I hope to honor its history. I plan to treat it much like I treat my son; with lots of love, a hearty helping of elbow grease, and the patience to tackle each goal one day at a time. I have learned many lessons from my experience with autism, but perhaps the greatest is appreciating even the smallest accomplishments.
The Kvasic Family will receive a Kitchen Makeover. Photos from the makeover will be in a future issue of Greater Louisville Home Design & Living.
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