We accepted an offer on our house, and now we wait for closing a month from now.
One of the other offers was demanding closing in one week. We wondered how we could possibly finish everything and be out of our home of 17 years in one week. The offer was considerably under our asking price, so we never seriously considered it. Now, we have some breathing room.
The nostalgia is setting in. I’ve loved living here and will miss the butterflies flitting in front of the dining area alcove. We have at least five varieties right now. I’ll miss the bromeliad’s bright red and yellow blooms, the waterlilies that have bloomed daily for the last two weeks, and the memories stored in my head. It has been a house of prayer, fellowship, music, art, and family. Our grandbabies have grown here. We cared for them several days a week while Paul and Mary taught other people’s children. We shared birthdays, anniversaries, awards, and hurricane parties. Our small group from church met here for years until COVID taught us to zoom. We’ve welcomed and dismissed cats. We’ve cheered Super Bowl teams, and entertained family members who live elsewhere. We’ve slaved over a yard that produces bushels of weeds every two weeks. We’ve watched bobcat, deer, fox, all kinds of birds, and are constantly watching antics of our black racer, bunnies, raccoons, squirrels, and baby birds learning to fly and eat from the feeders. We’ve wondered at hummingbirds’ antics. We’ve seen our road paved and five new houses built.
Now, we give up our sense of independence. We’re at others’ mercy with schedules, paint colors, and learn the communal living we haven’t experienced since college. But, the advantage is that we do not have sole responsibility of appliance breakdowns, preparing for hurricanes, caring for the yare! and being next to marooned when the power is out. All in all, we’re giving over our concerns to others, and there’s something freeing about that.
So, while others worry about the details of closings etc., we look forward to our new life and to getting this transition over with so we can meet new people, and set up housekeeping in our new setting. It’s always nice to have something to look forward to, isn’t it?
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