I've been putting off this post. Mainly because I didn't really believe this day would ever come. Maybe partly because I didn't want to face the reality of it all. But I guess since our house is sitting empty and I'm sending this e-mail from my parents' house, where we're "camping out," reality has officially hit.
We have spread out all our "stuff" among a storage POD, my parents' basement, the realtor's house, and a neighbor, while we look for a new house. The plan was to have another house lined up, but the process is SLOW. So, though we have found several that we like, we haven't secured a deal on any of them. YET. We hope to make it a FOREVER home, so we want it to feel just right.
Saying goodbye to our home of ten years was tough. We watched our house be built from the ground up, and then watched the neighborhood be built as well. I have pictures (I'll try to attach them later if I cn ever find them.) of our lot before we built the house and the surrounding area is amazingly empty. There was practically NOTHING else around. Now there are thousands of homes, as well as shops, restaurants, etc.
We have spread out all our "stuff" among a storage POD, my parents' basement, the realtor's house, and a neighbor, while we look for a new house. The plan was to have another house lined up, but the process is SLOW. So, though we have found several that we like, we haven't secured a deal on any of them. YET. We hope to make it a FOREVER home, so we want it to feel just right.
Saying goodbye to our home of ten years was tough. We watched our house be built from the ground up, and then watched the neighborhood be built as well. I have pictures (I'll try to attach them later if I cn ever find them.) of our lot before we built the house and the surrounding area is amazingly empty. There was practically NOTHING else around. Now there are thousands of homes, as well as shops, restaurants, etc.
The neighborhood felt like home the first time I drove out there for a baby shower for a friend. I immediately called Nate. "This is it!" I told him. "I found us a place to live." We've felt at home there ever since. We had neighbors that we could call on at any time of the day or night for any favor. They called us when our garage door was left open. They took in our kids when we had errands to run. We knocked on their doors for cooking ingredients we'd run out of. We invited them over for dinner, to watch movies, and to play games. They became our closest friends. The ones who really know you inside and out, but choose to like you anyway.
I drove down the street at about 5 miles an hour yesterday, watching the rear view mirror, wondering what in the world we we'd done leaving it all behind. The tears finally ran once I drove into my parents' garage and I saw all of our boxes piled up. I've cried several times since then and will probably continue to cry until we have a new house to look forward to. Life continues, but it will not be the same.
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We will surely miss you guys! I hope you will come back and visit often. Love ya!
I've had these same emotions. It is tough. This post made me get teary. We truly had the best neighborhood and street. What are we all thinking moving away from each other :)
Just so you know, we have never lived anywhere else, where we loved our neighbors, now we live by garage door people, they open their garages, close them and you never see who lives there. We loved our friends on Elk Horn Peak Dr. I know one needs to move on for growth, but we have such great memories of our friends in Utah. Good luck to you in your next destination.
Change can be difficult! We will be in your shoes soon enough- but I really hope you'll be close! We have book club :) I am glad you wrote about all of it!
How sad to leave your home that you built. When you find another somewhere, it will soon become part of you too with new adventures of meeting new friends and neighbors. Good luck finding a place.
I can't believe you have moved, but I look forward to seeing you a little more now that you are closer to us! It was good to see you and the kids on Sunday!
I hope you find the house that you will love and make more memories there. Hang in there.
Well this is all news to me, dear friend. I teared up reading your sentiments. I understand exactly how you feel about leaving it all behind. I know a wonderful little neighborhood in SJ that would welcome your family in with eagerness!!! How can I get hold of you? I don't have a cell number for you and I assume your old house number has been disconnected. I'd love to talk with you.
Congrats on selling your home. The seperation from moving will get easier once you find a new home. I hope it is close by and soon!
I'm sorry to hear that you've had to leave the place you loved. We had to go through that as well, when we sold our home in Alpine. I didn't think I'd ever find a place that would be as great as the hole we built ourselves in the mountains. But We've loved our new neighbors even more than those in Alpine, and we want to stay here forever! And we finally had to accept that a house is just a house, but our family is together wherever we go.
WOW ITS VERY COLOURFULL,THIS SHOW THAT HOW SOMEBODY CAN BE TRUE N HONEST WITH ALL HIS FEELINGS N EMOTIONS.
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