Thursday, April 11, 2013

A Promise Held, A Fond Farewell


Yes, 10 years ago we stepped foot into this beautiful home.  We planted ourselves inside and our garden out and we began a decade of dreams lived.  It was love at first sight, and then love that grew beyond the walls. That love embraced all our friends and our family and it never let go.  It was a 10 year embrace, an extraordinary time.

This home is particulary difficult to leave and in my moments of heartbreak, I remind myself that we don't own anything really.  We embrace. We guard. We love.  This home has been our fort. It has harbored us from many a storm, and has celebrated with us many a triumph. We have been good to it and it to us.  What more can be asked?

Today a chapter has closed and a new one begun. We have yet to write a word of it,  but I have high hopes that it will be a poem like no other.  My hopes are validated by the simple act of a blossoming flower. We know that it isn't just any flower, but our beloved peony.  Camille's peony.  Today it came out to greet us--to announce the arrival of spring and to remind us that we are and will be just fine. New blossoms, new stories, new dreams.

When we move, we usually take something with us...a special fountain, a chandelier. This time, it will simply be our peony.  We will remove it gently and hope that it will continue to blossom.

As I like to say, we are leaving our house but taking our home with us. A promise held, a fond farewell.

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