Every wonderful memory I have from my youth happened in this home.
Christmas mornings, playing in the snow, playing on the staircase with all of my hotwheels and matchbox cars, playing "kick the can" with the neighbors, flying down the driveway and skidding out in my Big Wheel...all of my most precious memories as a little squirt were had in this home!
This home is in one of those well established neighborhoods, where families seemed to live in the same houses forever!
So, it was kind of emotional to discover this place going up for sale recently. My father emailed me to inform me that the home I grew up in was on the market!
Over the years I've joked around with my siblings that if our old house ever went up for sale....I'd buy it! Well, it's up for sale now but I certainly won't be moving my family from Greenville, SC to Grosse Pointe, MI just to move into my old house!
Besides the fact that it's simply not feasible or logical, my wife has informed me that no matter how nice Grosse Pointe, MI is, she won't be spending her winters freezing her butt off there!
I guess I still need to grow up and let go of this place. It's hard to do, especially when it's on the market and it says "buy me...come home!"
It's funny, but when I was a little squirt, this home seemed so huge to me. From the attic down to the basement...that was a lot of house! Now, being a grown adult with a wife, 4 boys and a dog....I can honestly say that we'd seek out something with just a little bit more room to it versus this 2400 square foot colonial from my youth.
Anyway, it has been a nice little tug on my heart strings, but it is time to let go and move on!
My greatest responsibility now is to give my children the memories that they'll cherish...regardless of the home we're living in at any given time!
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