We had a 53 foot trailer arrive to our home so we and members of the Fort Mill ward could load the contents of our entire home. Just when we thought we were done we loaded a few more feet of things. The last two days of cleaning the house spotless were killers! I loved our home when it was furnished and I loved it even more empty! I like living with less.
It was particularly sad saying goodbye to Yadira. I know she felt the loss a bit harder because now her boyfriend's family was actually moving and she has really been a part of our family as well. My children adore her and I love her.
Good Bye house, please protect the sweet family who was so anxious to move into you that they cut my good bye to you short! I wanted one last walk through with me and my memories. I wanted to walk through and lay on your carpet in the bonus room and savor the first memory of setting up a crib and laying my 9 month old daughter in. I wanted to walk in the room and remember the beautiful shade of pink that was once there that my 4 yr. old daughter chose for her very own room, and I wanted to sit in the closet of my 7yr. old son's first room, and stare out your window that he always said, good night moon too! I wanted to lay on our bedroom floor and reflect the first feelings of ownership, spending the night with out a mattress and yet again having no mattress to lay on as we leave you. I wanted to lay quiet as a mouse and let the sounds of you enter my heart. I wanted to remember all the sounds of children laughing, fighting, playing and loving one another, and I wanted to sit one last time in our garden tub and remember how excited I was to try you out for the first time and I wanted to walk into the back yard and stare at the back of you and think once again, "You are all mine, I can do whatever I choose here." I so wanted to sit on your kitchen counter and remember all the fun times we had perfecting food for us and others and some very funny mishaps, too, and I wanted to lay on the new floors that we pain stakingly laid with my brother and sister law that almost cost us our marriage, between you me, and Mr. Incredible! LOL, but true to nature your floor came out beautiful. And I wanted to say I'm sorry that it took me so long to love you. In the beginning I never thought you were big enough, or good enough but in the end you proved to be just perfect for us! I'm sorry.
But, the new excited family arrived extremely early and interrupted my trance of nostalgia. In a way, I'm grateful. I'm grateful that the pain didn't linger and that they are so excited to move into you and love you and make special memories of their own.
I'll be checking on you though, my first home. Because we still own you and you are still mine. I love you and thank you for being so good to us.
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WE HAVE ARRIVED SAFE AND SOUND! WE ARE MOVED IN AND THE CHILDREN ARE IN SCHOOL! LIFE IS GOOD!
15 comments:
Ahhh...moving day memories! WHat an amazing house! I am excited for you to update us on your new place! New memories, new place...awesome!!
Glad to hear you made it safe and sound...Goodbyes can be so hard, but Hello's are new beginnings. Hope you are enjoying your new space.
WAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! That post made me cry. This is how I feel about my house too. It's a part of me even though I know it's just shelter. Still, I cherish it and do not take it for granted. I hope you love the new place and enjoy all the new memories you'll make there. Happy Moving to you!
Glad to know you made it to your new home. I have thought about you over the last few weeks.
I am glad the pain wasn't given a chance to linger. Wait you still own the house, are you renting it out?
How is the new house, will we get to see some inside pics?
What a lovely tribute to your home :) I am glad that you have such find memories and took the time to write them out. I hope your new house quickly becomes your home and that you make oodles of memories there too!
I'm wiping my eyes girl!! Beautifully written!!
We too have the fondest memories in that home even the laying of the floor and 3 AM cutting of wood with the craziest type of measuring that only you could understand! Ha
I felt the same when we left our home on Wears Drive. It was sad to go but fun to move to the next stage in life! Everytime we drive by our first house I check to see if the trees we planted and bushes I planted while I was pregnant are still alive! And playhouse still making memories for other children!
Oh the fun memories!
Man- You are such a poetic writer. You should write a book. You are so good... That would be hard to move to say good bye to so many memories.
But now you'll make new ones & you'll love it. How is it goign? Sorry I have been lost for awhile... Thanks for your comments & your words of comfort. I so appreciate them!
You are so lucky to have a home that is filled with wonderful memories-can't wait to live in a home for more than 5 years! Glad to hear that you're settled in.
Seriously, you are a talented writer girl! You made me weepy. What awesome memories, I think that I need to be a *little* more grateful for what I have and my "not big enough", "too much hard wood", "and every other picky thing" that I can think of house.
I am SO glad that you are all settled in, ok, picture time!
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Awww!!!! This was such a sweet post!!
You'll still have the memories, even if you aren't in the house. And at least you know she'll be well taken care of.
You made me cry dang it!! You are so good with words that I could feel the pain of leaving your house and all the memories...I know if we ever leave this house it will be the same. SO HARD when there are so many memories!!!
Glad you made it to your new home safe and sound!
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