Okay, so not really an earth shattering announcement...but considering all I have been through and the ever crappy Real Estate economy, I feel fortunate to have it finally be done...almost done...closing in about 4 weeks.
With the severing of this final connection to my past and the Spawn of Satan (also known as my EX) I find myself sad too. I loved my house, loved its location (3 acres in the woods and 10 minutes to the ocean)...my son was born while I lived there...my children's growth measurements are recorded between the kitchen and living room...the wooden swing set I built out on the lawn (only one trip to the emergency room to fix my finger...4 stitches)...so many things. I will miss the spring "peepers" that hatched every year in the stream that ran through the woods...the hundreds of chickadees (my favorite bird) that flocked to my birdfeeders...the wild turkeys and deer that used to come up to my living room door...the little bat that lived just outside the window to my daughters' room. I won't miss the ground wasps that lived in the sandy soil or the wood spiders that would attack if you came too close...ewwwww! I will miss my huge kitchen...my not so huge but comfy living room...my childens' rooms that I lovingly painted and personalized to suit their attitudes, likes and dreams. I will miss the solitude of the house's location...I won't miss the lonliess I sometimes felt there. So many memories...good and bad. I wish I could afford to keep it...but I have to let go. No matter how much I want to let it go, it will be hard. It wasn't the biggest or the most beautiful or the most expensive sort of house...but it was mine. A piece of my heart will always be there.
So, I say to my children (and to myself)...hold on to the good memories of what was during our time in the woods...we will always have them. Mourn our loss but try not to dwell on it. We are making new memories...both good and bad...that we will also be able to hold in our hearts. I say to the new owners of my house...good luck and enjoy. Take care of my house...treat her well. Now if I could just figure out a way to take the wall with the kids growth chart without those folks noticing...hmmm. :)
