Today, Mark and I spent the better part of the day cleaning and decluttering our home. We packed and scrubbed and threw lots of stuff away. We are exhausted. So now that I am sitting here looking at empty shelves and spaces, a rush of emotion is coming over me. You see, for the last 3 years, we have been talking about finding property and building our dream home. The house where we will live until we downsize, the house that will have all the things we overlooked when we built this house. The house with a giant yard and lots of privacy. Up until this point, it all seemed very surreal. We knew it was going to happen, but it always seemed just out of reach, in the foreseeable future. And now, the time is upon us. While this is a very exciting time and change for our family, it is also bittersweet. 1610 Robin Court was really our first home and we are about to hand it over to someone else. In essence, we were newlyweds when we built this house and we had no clue as to what the walls of this house would see in the following 8 years. This is where we celebrated our oldest childs first birthday and where 3 of our 4 came home to, from the hospital. I quit my job in this house and witnessed my husband advance professionally to a job that is better than we could have ever imagined. I started my own business and watched my mother deeply grieve the loss of my grandfather while living here. We befriended some amazing people here, celebrated first day of preschools and planned countless birthday parties...some really good ones at that. We sent our babies to Kindergarten, watched them blossom into little people and endured the ups and downs of married life. We have celebrated many births, mourned too many deaths and in every sense of the word, built a life. So on the eve of our 10 year anniversary, I can only feel a bit sad that we are getting ready to leave these walls behind and embark on a new chapter in our lives. I know God has wonderful plans for us and they are sure to be amazing, but it always hard to truly embrace change and leave everything you know to be comfortable behind. On the other hand, we are more than ready! I can only hope and pray that the family who buys our house makes it as much of a home that we did, lives and celebrates life here like we did and embraces all that this home and cul de sac has to offer. For we really built a life here; we planted roots, grew our wings and now we are ready to soar!
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 01:15:56 +0000
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