As I am getting ready to go sign the paperwork to put my house under contract to sell, I am feeling a little sentimental. It made me think of this blog and the other blog I started writing called, "Embracing My Journey." This is the one I found and the one that popped up so I guess my mom is part of today's journey.
It's funny the things that you remember and the moments that make you reflect. As I was thinking about all of the things happening in my life right now, I realized that when my mom bought this house, it was October, which always turns out to be a very busy time for me for some reason. I was going into 9th grade I think. We lived around the corner in an apartment for a year before my mom found the house at 23 Vine. It was Halloween and I wanted to go trick or treating but instead, we were moving! Here we were among all the trick or treaters moving boxes into our new house. Once again, another family will be moving in October. I will be thinking of my mom and how excited she was to get this house. I will remember her helping me to put the wallpaper up in the bedroom I decorated myself and the carpet we laid down just before midnight in the living room on New Year's Eve.
This house holds many memories so it will be bittersweet to say goodbye. Lots of people have memories at this house and I could probably go on forever but I will save that for another day when I have a little more time. For today, I'm just happy that I found this blog again and as I am very sporadic in my writing or should I say journaling, I hope that I will remember to use this to share memories of my mom and the wonderful and amazing role model that she was and is for me.
