i’m happy to report that the real estate closing was accomplished on June 1, two weeks early. Thanks to our determined niece, the place was sorted and packed up in two days. It was so frustrating not being there, but probably a good thing because I would have kept far more stuff. If there were any items she wasn’t sure of, she’d send a photo of a group of things. I’d circle what I wanted, x’d out what I didn’t and emailed the photo back. Every so often I get a flash of something I might have kept, but it’s too late now, and best not to be accumulating more stuff.
The most difficult part was the inability to say goodbye to a place our family loved for 29 years almost to the day. When we leave a house I have a farewell ritual that I was unable to accomplish, it feels undone. In the scheme of things, though, this was minor compared to the covid cancellations that others have experienced.
There is a tree-lined road at the entrance to the community. It was like a filter for life. When we drove through, we’d leave our troubles at the beginning, enjoy our time at our place and pick them up on our way home. It would have been hard to drive through those for the last time. Officially, anyway. We’re lucky to still have friends there who we can visit when the border opens.
Sweet, sweet memories!!
Posted by: Karen | June 16, 2020 at 08:00 AM