Name: Making It Home
Address: US

Pressure can keep us down or lift us up. Friction starts fire that can burn us or keep us warm.

Change is the only thing we can count on. Here I try to capture some of the precious moments and reminders as I blend life as an artist with life as a father.

Thanks for visiting.

Luke DeRoy

Oct 3, 2021
3 min

Look How Far We've Come

It’s happened. He’s talking to me. We have conversations. Though there is still much clarification happening in the form of yes/no...

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lukederoy

May 20, 2021
4 min

Parenthood Is A Slow Awakening

It by no means happens all at once. The weight of responsibility one suddenly acquires upon the birth of a first child is inconceivable...

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lukederoy

Feb 13, 2021
6 min

Open-Mindedness For A Brighter Tomorrow

The idea for Making It Home started when Roland was still in utero. I created the blog when he was a few months old in order to create...

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Luke DeRoy

Dec 8, 2020
3 min

Change and the Last Remaining Sage

It’s safe to say we’ve arrived at the Terrible Twos a couple months early. I can’t find the words to describe these days. The emotions...

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lukederoy

Sep 26, 2020
5 min

A MOMENT OF PAUSE

7PM on a Thursday. I sit down and take what feels like the first breath of the day. Roland skipped his 2-4 today. He’s got a runny nose...

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lukederoy

Sep 20, 2020
3 min

September

It s September 2020. Roland is almost twenty months old. I've decided that there is nothing more romantic than raising a child. There is...

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lukederoy

Jul 29, 2020
3 min

ALONE TOGETHER, TOGETHER ALONE

The word ‘bittersweet’ has taken on a fuller meaning in my life recently, as it will, I’m sure, indefinitely and exponentially into the...

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lukederoy

Jun 6, 2020
3 min

Three Words

We’re out in the screened in porch. It’s nice reading Dr. Seuss out here in the buggy season. He and I can smell Mama cooking through the...

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lukederoy

Apr 13, 2020
4 min

Carrot Pizza

Carrots don't belong on pizza.

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lukederoy

Mar 13, 2020
3 min

Heaven In Our Hands

Friday the thirteenth. The Grateful Dead's "Go To Heaven" album spins in the other room. Dayna glides from the office through the...

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lukederoy

Mar 4, 2020
3 min

the Never Befores

Beautiful chaos

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lukederoy

Feb 26, 2020
3 min

Adult Babies: Navigating Fear

Lessons inside and upon lessons.

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Luke DeRoy

Jan 30, 2020
3 min

Compassionate Individualism

Things are too beautiful to comprehend.

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Luke DeRoy

Jan 27, 2020
1 min

Susceptible

No one can do no wrong

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Luke DeRoy

Jan 23, 2020
1 min

There's A Monster

in my mind

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Luke DeRoy

Jan 21, 2020
1 min

Let Me Not Forget

The beauty of this moment

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Luke DeRoy

Jan 21, 2020
1 min

Everything

I want this to be good

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Luke DeRoy

Jan 21, 2020
3 min

The Grace of an Aquarius

Tuesday Jan 21st 9AM

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Luke DeRoy

Jan 18, 2020
1 min

Only Our Best

Time flies!

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Luke DeRoy

Jan 18, 2020
1 min

Be Unique and Unafraid

Sat Jan 18

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CONTACT

Western Massachusetts, MA, USA

lukederoy@icloud.com

413-237-2441