| | I Can Never Go HomeMy mom has been so crabby and snippy every time I talk to her lately!!! I think it may have to do with her selling her house.................
My mom just sold the house I grew up in as a child. She is a widow and is having a hard time keeping up with a big house. It was on the market for a few months and she got a great offer and decided to take it. She's all moved out and the new people are moved in.
It's weird to think of other people living in my house. My parents bought the house when I was 3 months old, so that means that my mom lived there for 35 years! That's completely unheard of these days in our nomadic culture.
I will never go back into my childhood home..........ever. I had no idea that the last time I was there, was the last time I'd be in it. I keep thinking of all of the memories for me that are contained within the walls of that house:
birthday parties, Christmases, baseball games in the backyard, sleep overs, sibling fights, homework, catching lightning bugs, learning to ride a bike, roller skating in the garage while listening to music on my 8 track radio!, family reunions, backyard barbecues, telling my parents that we were pregnant, finding out that my dad was dying, seeing my dad die, watching my children play with my old toys, watching my mom become a grandmother, etc.
Even though it's kind of sad to think that my "home base" no longer exists, I can't even imagine what it must be like for my mom. She was basically a kid herself when she moved into that house. It was where she learned how to be a mom and manage a household. It was where she became a grown-up, where she raised her "chicks" and pushed them out of the nest. It was also the place where she nursed her ailing husband and observed his slow demise as cancer consumed him. It's the house she returned to- empty- after my dad passed away at the hospice center.
I just can't imagine what she must be going through. This is a huge change for her. I guess it may explain why she's been so snippy when we talk.
I guess I'll just have to deal with it until she gets settled again. Oh, well.
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| | Posted 6/29/2006 2:24 PM - 13 comments
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Start making new memories with her in her new space!!
