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AN EXTRAORDINARY MAKEOVER MADE DENISE BENNETT’S BLACKSHEAR HOME AN IDEAL HAVEN FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS Story and Photography by Allen Allnoch, AHA! Photography
It’s
an early spring afternoon and school is out for the day when a teenage boy strolls through the front door of the Bennett home, politely greets Denise Bennett, then heads to the bedroom of his good friend Luke, one of Denise’s five children. The fact that Luke isn’t around at the time is irrelevant. “All my kids’ friends make themselves at home,” says Denise, who has lived at her Blackshear residence since 2012. “I’m very thankful that they all feel comfortable enough to do that. Many times, I come home from work and there’s somebody here, and I’m not related to them. When you have a bunch of kids, what’s a few more?”
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