Letting go
Sep. 25th, 2006 12:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ciroccojSo, the couple who came to see my mom's house yesterday want to rent it. YAAAAAAAAAY!!
They seem really nice, too, and thrilled by the house. The mom squeed over the herb garden, they both found the kitchen and interior lovely, the dad pointed out that the empty living room is perfect for the mom to do her work, since it's completely empty, all wood & no carpet and she's a vocalist. They would like to rent it for a year, then have right of first refusal if I would like to sell it.
It was so nice. They were so happy to be getting such a nice house for such an incredibly low price, and thanked me over and over again. Said this was such a wonderful way to start the new year (they're Jewish) and it just made the idea of moving so much better. "I would hug you if I knew you better," said the dad, and I had to agree, because I was feeling the same way. I'm tired of going to my mom's house every couple of days, worrying that somebody will break in while we're not there, and dealing with the memories and missing her and all that. Seeing a family eager to move in and give the house lots of love was such a huge load off my mind. And as Chris pointed out, if there's a heaven, my mother's smiling down to us from there. She loved her house and garden, and she wouldn't have wanted it to just sit there gathering dust.
I'm glad this is happening now, though. I don't think I would've been ready to say goodbye to the house when it first became empty. I think we all needed some time to go there, grieve for my mom and Guy, and get used to it being empty before being able to let it go.
So. That's my news. Now I have to get ready to move my mom's stuff out (gulp!) before November. And make sure all the insurance and paperwork and all that is taken care of. ::sigh::
They seem really nice, too, and thrilled by the house. The mom squeed over the herb garden, they both found the kitchen and interior lovely, the dad pointed out that the empty living room is perfect for the mom to do her work, since it's completely empty, all wood & no carpet and she's a vocalist. They would like to rent it for a year, then have right of first refusal if I would like to sell it.
It was so nice. They were so happy to be getting such a nice house for such an incredibly low price, and thanked me over and over again. Said this was such a wonderful way to start the new year (they're Jewish) and it just made the idea of moving so much better. "I would hug you if I knew you better," said the dad, and I had to agree, because I was feeling the same way. I'm tired of going to my mom's house every couple of days, worrying that somebody will break in while we're not there, and dealing with the memories and missing her and all that. Seeing a family eager to move in and give the house lots of love was such a huge load off my mind. And as Chris pointed out, if there's a heaven, my mother's smiling down to us from there. She loved her house and garden, and she wouldn't have wanted it to just sit there gathering dust.
I'm glad this is happening now, though. I don't think I would've been ready to say goodbye to the house when it first became empty. I think we all needed some time to go there, grieve for my mom and Guy, and get used to it being empty before being able to let it go.
So. That's my news. Now I have to get ready to move my mom's stuff out (gulp!) before November. And make sure all the insurance and paperwork and all that is taken care of. ::sigh::
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Date: 2006-09-27 01:51 am (UTC)Yeah :) :)
We went around the house today, picking the stuff they wanted to keep and the stuff they wanted me to clear out. It was a really good feeling, knowing that a lot of the stuff my mom picked out with a lot of care would be used by people who saw it and appreciated it, rather than moldering away in a storage space somewhere until Chris and I get a bigger house. Because that may not happen for a long, looong time.
And they have a little girl about Daniel's age. My mom and Guy both loved kids, so it's nice to think of their house being used to raise another one :)
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Date: 2006-09-27 02:31 am (UTC)My grandma was, well...morbidly obese. And she was so embarrassed about it that she begged my mom to burn her clothing when she died. But she had a dear friend who was the same size, and on disability. She couldn't afford much of anything, and my grandma's stuff was very well-made (from Penningtons and the like).
My mom didn't like disrespecting my grandma's wishes, but she felt it would be much better if her clothing were given to someone who would use and appreciate it, instead of just destroyed.
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Date: 2006-09-27 01:52 am (UTC)Of course now all the moving/legal stuff has to happen, but hey, at least there's an end-point, cause it's gotta be done by November 1. I can deal with that :)