It’s been really difficult to blog the last few years, looking for the positives in a life of heartbreak.
Perhaps the schedule for this week will explain volumes.
October 5 – the kids and I moved our stuff out of the house into three different storage units, one for each of us.
October 9 – the kids will celebrate my birthday after work at an eatery with special gifts they had purchased for me
October 10 – we sign the papers on our house today
October 11 – we decorate the church for my daughter’s wedding
October 12 – after my daughter and her new husband take off for their honeymoon, my son and I will drive to an Air B&B to live since we are still looking for a place to live
October 14 – we move my daughter and her husband into their apartment, which will finally be ready for them
For now, this is my last day here, and I am cherishing every second of this house I fell in love with the first time I laid eyes on it.
Although it was quite the fixer upper, I had the vision and with every bit of elbow grease it came to life.
And I had more ideas…like creating a paved patio in the back to replace those icky stones that make one wobble with every step.
The HOA even dinged us for them and we were like…but they were here when we bought the house.
I don’t think I’ve shown off the front door we painted a few years ago with one of the approved neighborhood colors.
On the doorstep are yet more wedding gifts for my daughter…
I’m going to miss our gardens, and the walks through the massive neighborhood up and down hills along twisty roads, and sometimes along Broad Run…
In fact, I think this Blue Heron lost his way from Broad Run…
I’m even going to miss hearing the rumble of WWII vintage aircraft overhead, dubbed Potomac Flight.
Although I’ve prayed and prayed for a miracle, that somehow I could keep the house and have a place with the kids with them helping me.
While the Lafayette Room looks so happy in the header photo, now it looks so sad.
Tomorrow I must say goodbye.
