Mom only got to spend two nights in her new rented house in Tennessee before my sister had to take her to the hospital with breathing problems. She spent most of the next six weeks in the hospital before she went to receive hospice care at my brother's house in Georgia. She died on February 3, 2012.
Moving Day, Metairie, LA - 2011
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Two years after we moved her to Tennessee, we finally have gotten her house sold. The closing will be Wednesday, giving us something extra to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Trying to maintain and sell an empty house from over 600 miles away has been a nightmare; a rather expensive nightmare. Although we didn't get the asking price we were originally hoping for, we are all glad that this ordeal is finally over. We're all thankful for that!
As relieved as I am to get this house sold, there is a part of me that is a little melancholy about seeing it go. This is the house I grew up in from age three until I left for college, and even a short time after that. I have memories of Thanksgivings, Christmases, and other family gatherings in that house that now seems too small for all the people we had visiting. I'm glad that although the house will have new occupants, I get to keep the memories with me.
Precious memories will be there forever.
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Thankful hearts are overflowing.
I imagine selling a home you are connected to is hard. When my grandmother passed away last December, her house was going to go up for sale and that was going to be hard on my sisters and I. Luckily my parents were able to buy. They were no longer living in the house we grew up in so this is the next best thing for us. I am sure the new family will make many more happy memories there and you still have yours.
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