Selling the "Old Home Place"??

 When we began to talk about a new adventure which involved selling our home, I had a few obstacles to overcome. We have lived in this house for 27 years. We raised our children in this house. This is the house that our kids come home to, and bring their children to visit grandparents. We have soooo many memories here. I isn't easy to sell and move away. Excuse while I reminisce....

Always best of friends, lounging in our backyard pool

We have celebrated many Thanksgivings with extended family. 

How many Christmas's have we celebrated in this house?? 28???Whoo! 

We have hundreds of pictures of our girls standing in front of this couch in our peach and blue living room. 

The girls made us dinner for our anniversary. 

First date with her future husband! 

We also have hundreds of pictures in front of the fireplace. 

Our family had many special times together in this living room. 

We knew Mike would be a great Dad, look at him with Katy.

Leaving all these memories behind wouldn't be easy. But, while we were working on our plans a friend said something that really helped. He said that he loves going to his parents home because it is a place of peace; even though it isn't where he grew up, it is home to him because that's where his folks are. That really helped me to know that our home would be a special place for our children, even if it wasn't this home, that the memories are important because of the people who share them, not the place they are shared. 

So, with that thought in mind, we prepared to sell this house and look for something small, something cheap, something that would need a lot of work to fix up. 

Oh, and then, one of our daughters said that she and her husband wanted to buy it, so it will still be in the family! YAY!!