after all these years

[jigsaw 11,866]

my family home has been sold.Nearly 200 years of occupation by my family and its now gone.I handed in the keys yesterday to the sister and the auctioneer recieved them.My mother passed away 12 months ago and the house being unlived in,the decision was made to sell.Its a sickly feling I have.Near 50 years of my life wrapped up in the house,2 of those years spent caring for my mother till her death.The whole family are shook even though it was a unanimous decision to sell.Its like a death in the family again.Strange how bricks and mortar can have such an effect on one.Im a sentimental oul fool I suppose.Had all the memories flooding back from my childhood right through to the last few years,going to miss the neighbours too.It was one of the homes where the door was always opened and the neighbours just droped in at any time day or night,no questions asked,no reason needed.And it was the same with us,we just called in for a chat or to check on the elderly folk we grew up with.Happy days eh!

[mackel 31]

that must be a killer liam your mothers house sounds like my own and others

say it was hard handing over the keys all the same

mack

[jigsaw 11,866]

Its hard to get yer head around macker,but life goes on.I picked up my set of keys this morning and the fact it was a few short drove it home again.lol.Very strange feeling.

[marshman 7,758]

Houses like that hold a lot of memories of good times!

[lanesra 3,994]

Good read Liam , i think most places where the same yrs ago concerning good neighbours and people in each others homes , remember though its because you have GOOD MEMORIES thats why its struck a nerve which is good mate .

[keeper 51 78]

best of luck fella time to move on you have done your best your memories will remain with you for the rest of your life make the most of it remember all the good times

put the bad times behind you and start afresh

[scent 509]

i can just see a tear come down your face liam as you wrote that.As you said bricks and mortar and more importantly memories can get a grip of you especially 50 years of them .I hope the family are doing well pal

[staffs riffraff 1,068]

You got the most important thing still, your memories mate

[jigsaw 11,866]

I think it was just the fact of disembowling the house that got to me,I walked out of an empty house that was never empty in all its exsistence,It was a shock to the system to see it empty,went into the hills this morn and had a good run about with the salukis so feeling better now,no more depressing thoughts