I spent this morning de-personalizing our house.\u00a0 It goes on the market in a couple of weeks, and the things which make it our house are the things which will slow down a sale.\u00a0 The Crucifixes in every room have been reduced to the one over the front door.\u00a0 The wedding photos and baby pictures have been wrapped and put into boxes.\u00a0 It\u2019s no longer looks like our house, but like anyone\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
The younger children have been following me from room-to-room and watching with anxious eyes as the things they know so well are boxed away.\u00a0 They\u2019re getting nervous about what all this change will mean for them.\u00a0 I keep hugging and reassuring them, but they don\u2019t like change any more than their father does.<\/p>\n
When I sat down this afternoon to look at home listings in Dallas, my little shadows crept up and began peering over my shoulder.\u00a0 They don\u2019t like the idea of leaving, but the idea of arriving is exciting.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow will you know?\u201d my 6 year old asked.\u00a0 \u201cHow will you know which one is our home?\u201d<\/p>\n
I smiled at her worried frown.\u00a0 A childhood as a constantly moving Navy brat taught me a lot about moving.\u00a0 \u201cIt doesn\u2019t really matter which one we pick.\u201d I told her. \u201cWhichever one it is will be home. You can\u2019t buy home.\u00a0 That\u2019s the part you bring with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I spent this morning de-personalizing our house.\u00a0 It goes on the market in a couple of weeks, and the things which make it our house are the things which will slow down a sale.\u00a0 The Crucifixes in every room have been reduced to the one over the front door.\u00a0 The wedding photos and baby pictures […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1979,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n