We are about 80% through the process of dismantling our home of 20 years. We have dreamed and worked for 10 of those years to go cruising and it's now around the corner. But right now the self-inflicted trauma of wiping out our home is pretty bad.
It is said that the price of loss is grief. That really bit down hard as we watched our dining table drive away. We all gathered there, us, grandpa, and our 4 kids, for more than a decade of family bonding and growing. Grandpa has passed and the kids are off living their lives, but that simple elegant table was the heart of our home and watching it disappear was heart-rending.
Sure, we could keep our table and our house, but not that and go cruising. When friends are joyfully amazed at our acting on the plans, saying "you're going to live The Dream!", we know the real cost of that dream and don't pay it lightly. We would never burst their bubble by explaining, but we feel it. And we now truly know that the really valuable things in life are never without high cost, in coin or another.
So we forge ahead. This week has been "a bad beat to windward" and we have seriously questioned our choices. But to not go, to back away from the adventure, when the family is already moved on to a new age and stage, would be to let that cost lose us our dream.
Stay tuned as we bump our way up to our daughters' homes with loads of house goods and then finally to Cerca Trova for good and all to cruise ...
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ReplyDeleteohmaheck found your blog and this is great ; had to set up a google plus account to "comment" tho LOL... empathizing with the "Stuff" issue; tho I can only really imagine after 27 years in one spot... I just shovel out a few boxes or items at a time and sometimes even that is hard ! Good for you :)
ReplyDeleteI am using blogspot because its easy and well equipped to do what we need eg we can submit by email. But I am not a fan of Google-anything since they suck you in for the low low price of spying on everything you do. As for stuff - if you haven't opened the box since your last move or 3 years past which ever comes first, throw it out. Unless of course its our ski gear.
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