I think I have a terminal case of it. Visiting my hometown realizing my kids will never see it as "home" makes me wistful. Pathetic, I know. There is just something comforting about the smells and sights of familiar things when you come home.
I'm sad that they'll never know the smell of autumn leaves or their brilliance. That they won't have the familiarity of being able to drive to any of the 6 New England states in an hour or 2 at the most. They'll miss having history steeped into everything around them. And trees with real leaves on them. (and I'm not talking palm leaves).
But again, they'll never know a winter that lasts FOREVER or a sun setting at 4pm in December. And family dysfunction will be a distant shadow on their radar.
But.. on another topic..
Our house- (again, the nostalgia, so I guess it really is the same topic, lol) the one we bought first married, poured our sweat and tears into, deepened and stressed our relationship to unbelievable depths, which welcomed the twins into the earth.. THAT house... Is for sale. again. I drove past it to make sure it's new owners were taking care of it and almost fainted when I saw the for sale sign in the yard.
BUT.. I was DYING to see the inside of it to see if they've taken care of it, if they painted over my faux finishes, if they were taking care of our 'first baby' so.. I was debating calling the real estate agent and asking to see it. I know our nosy-ex-neighbor nextdoor would have called the cops in 2 milli-seconds if she saw me snooping in the windows or, uh, using the key I found that I think goes to their front door...
BUT having just been through the trama of trying to find a house has stopped me in my tracks on pretending to be a interested buyer..
SO..I'm going with the next best thing- internet snooping and this is what I've found (the virtual tour gives you a better look)
http://www.era.com/listing/2457822/142352.html
So.. no, they haven't changed much at all. Only the kid's bedroom has been painted- it was pale yellow, now it's a burgundy.
2 comments:
What a cute place! I just about fainted, though, when I saw the listing price....Oh my! Don't worry, there will be yet another house down the road to pour your blood, sweat, and tears into. :-) Oh, wait, you just did that (again)!
I can't figure how to reply to your comment, Jessi (that'd be a new trick for this dog)
We poured realatively nothing into our current for sale house, lol. We knew every square inch of that house's drywall and trim after replacing/stripping/sanding/restoring EVERYTHING. For example- that hutch- hours with a heat gun to strip the (probably) lead paint off it.. then gutted, lighting and the glass shelves added and the insides replaced and stained/polyurethane'd.
ahh the fond memories.
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