My best friends sold their beautiful, beautiful house today. With all their children now gone & living all around Australia, they want to travel, act irresponsibly & spontaneously & just generally, be able to fulfil any whim at a moments notice. However there's been many tears today, as its been an incredibly warm & welcoming house, always full of friends & family & much laughter & happiness. I'll miss those wonderful late nights at their dining table - the 'friendly' arguments, the jibes, the laughter & the love. I know people will say, it's just a house, just the bricks & mortar, but there's been such a strong connection between them & that house, the moment of final separation in a couple of months will be a difficult one to bear.
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I know what you mean Millie...it's amazing how attached we can get to a house! Tracey xx
ReplyDeleteHi Millie,
ReplyDeleteI know of those kinds of houses. They're so special and offer such a wonderful sense of home whether or not you live there. I've always hoped to have a home like that. Too bad we've been so busy these past several years as we hardly ever have people over - with dust and nails and bathrooms with no door knobs, etc! But I hope to change that as a house can hold so many special occasions. The best kind being no special occasion at all.
xoTrina
Hi Millie, it is hard to imagine things changing so drastically, I can understand... It feels as though all the memories will be left there, but I think you will look back even more fondly, and they are bound to make so many new memories in the future, with all the irresponsible fun they will have! I find it hard to let go of homes, I think they become part of you in a way... or you leave a little of yourself there when you go...
ReplyDeleteChin up, Mills.
:) Flick
A house is just a house . . . the home comes from the people that reside there. I am sure there will be a lovely home to visit no matter where they end up!
ReplyDeleteHi Millie
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel and your dear friends we've been here 30+ years it's not the house that holds us but the place. This house is full off fabulous memories and happiness sometimes sadness when we have to close the door for the last time it's going to be incredible hard.
Kind regards
Karen
I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, MILLIE! IT LOOKS AS IF SOMETHING IN YOUR OWN LIFE IS NO LONGER ALIKE! I FELT THE SAME A COUPLE OF TIMES! NOT WITH NEIGHBOURS OR ANYTHING OF THE KIND, BUT WITH OTHER THINGS!
ReplyDeleteIN FACT, IT'S JUST A HOUSE AND I THINK THEY ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING! I THINK MY PARENTS SHOULD DO THE SAME INSTEAD OF HOLDING TO LAND AND A HOUSE THAT IN A DECADE NO ONE WILL WANT ANYMORE AND WILL BE TO OLD! LIFE IS JUST THAT: THE FUN YOU CAN GET OUT OF IT!, THE LOVE ! THE PASSION! NOTHING ELSE MATTERS!
ANYWAY!... THERE'S ALWAYS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU'LL BE EVER TO MEET WHENEVER YOU WANT!
JUST HAVE A LAUGHTER ON YOUR FACE, MILLIE! HAVE A GORGEOUS DAY!
ROSA
I agree Millie, It is never the bricks and mortar that make a home....I feel for your friends and at the same time I applaud them for being brave enough to embrace their lives and run with them in any direction they choose. I wish them an easy pack up and happy travels in the future, xv.
ReplyDeleteHI Millie
ReplyDeleteWell I understand just what you mean.. it is sometimes hard to leave behind somewhere where so many beautiful memories were created... you know when I was young I thought I would never be able to give up the family home.... but things change and you move on.. but the memories are also with us.. lovely post.. Good luck to your friends.. xxx Julie
PS.. thanks for the lovely comments of at Sharon's blog...
Yes, houses have such personality that they are bound to affect ourselves. But it means that someone else gets to live in all the good atmosphere and karma they've created.
ReplyDeleteWe do get so attached to rooms, and all that makes them so very special and individual to their owners. I have a tiny-really tiny diningroom and people over and over will say-let's have this or that at your house-they love this cozy, tiny room! WHATTTT??? But who's to say what makes memories. Small or grand- it's home and we do become attached.
ReplyDeleteI have had just this conversation with a friend this morning - talking about how being attached to the material stuff can hold us back. Your friends are brave, I'm sure they will soon enjoy their new found freedom, and when you all want sit round the dinner table together, well you'll just have to invite them to yours!
ReplyDeleteSharon
A lump came to my throat. The thought of ever leaving Willow Manor would be just as bittersweet. All the best to your friends.
ReplyDeletedear millie
ReplyDeletei am soooo sorry to hear this. i have been there so i completely understand.
think about it this way... thank God for all of the amazing memories and for your everlasting friendship.
you never know who might move in to create more amazing evenings....
my thoughts are with you... xoxo pam
Wow, that is a big step for them, very brave and also very exciting.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine how hard it will be too....a home is created over time and is based on so many memories and moments.
Bittersweet indeed....
PS Thank you so much for your lovely comment to me today Millie, you always make me smile when you visit...thanks for everything xo
Sigh...I do so hate change! It's not the house here, I think, it's the plethora of incredibly happy memories that emanated from it's solid self. Maybe embrace those memories and hope the couple that has purchased the house will bring the same energy to it?
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I feel for them. It's just a house, it's just a house.... A-M xx :(
ReplyDeleteI think it's knowing that something is about to change and it will never be quite the same again. Nothing wrong with a bit of grieving.
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it is not just a house!!!
ReplyDeletei am incredibly sentimental about
people, places, and things.
it is the end of an era....
'something new' is going to open up for you and moth.
xxxx
Your post made me so miss my dining room in our house in Dallas... such sweet fond memories shared around a table.
ReplyDeleteWishing your friends all the best!
joan
While I know it's sad for you to see your friends leave their longtime home..............I applaud them for acting irresponsibly!
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