Is this silly? I dont know where else to put this.. 
We have been forced to sell our house due to our dire financial situation. Its a bit of a moneypit and put ud in debt. We FINALLY found a buyer, and we close on the 11th of January. We went today to sign the lease on the apartment we will be moving to, 30 miles away. It's nice, but small. And of course, we won't have the luxuries of garage and basement. We have been anxious to move due to everything going wrong with this house since we moved in.
But lately, as preparations for the move have picked up, I have found myself getting really sad. This was our first house. This is where I was pregnant. There's the bathroom where my water broke. This is the place where our son was a baby. This is where he took his first steps. His little yellow room, so sunny, is where he likes to play. Our yard, with DS's sandbox, where you can hear eagles if you listen. All will belong to someone else in 10 days. My son won't feel at home. Our cats will be all confused.
Dh thinks I'm nuts cus of all the financial problems the house has caused. But I feel a real sense of loss in losing this house, as much trouble as its been. Its in a small town, with a real small-town feel, and I am on a first-name basis with the library staff and the people at our grocery store. We have nice neighbors.
I have to start all over again.
How can i work through feeling upset and sad about this move? I know it needs to be done, as we have tried everything else to get by. But I have this real sad spot every time i think of how we have to pack up and leave. I feel like a failure for not making it work, and I feel real grief for the passing of this period of our lives.
Can you mourn a home?
Lisa
We have been forced to sell our house due to our dire financial situation. Its a bit of a moneypit and put ud in debt. We FINALLY found a buyer, and we close on the 11th of January. We went today to sign the lease on the apartment we will be moving to, 30 miles away. It's nice, but small. And of course, we won't have the luxuries of garage and basement. We have been anxious to move due to everything going wrong with this house since we moved in.
But lately, as preparations for the move have picked up, I have found myself getting really sad. This was our first house. This is where I was pregnant. There's the bathroom where my water broke. This is the place where our son was a baby. This is where he took his first steps. His little yellow room, so sunny, is where he likes to play. Our yard, with DS's sandbox, where you can hear eagles if you listen. All will belong to someone else in 10 days. My son won't feel at home. Our cats will be all confused.
Dh thinks I'm nuts cus of all the financial problems the house has caused. But I feel a real sense of loss in losing this house, as much trouble as its been. Its in a small town, with a real small-town feel, and I am on a first-name basis with the library staff and the people at our grocery store. We have nice neighbors.
I have to start all over again.
How can i work through feeling upset and sad about this move? I know it needs to be done, as we have tried everything else to get by. But I have this real sad spot every time i think of how we have to pack up and leave. I feel like a failure for not making it work, and I feel real grief for the passing of this period of our lives.
Can you mourn a home?
Lisa
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. I drive by every so often and talk to the girls about the memories made there.
: And no we couldnt buy it, way way our of our price range. Mom wouldnt even sell us a chunk of it cause it might ruin the sale-ability of the other 
