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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Forced to move out of a home with tons of fond memories. Thought I’d grow old here and that grandchildren would run around. Does anyone have any special tradition to make saying goodbye easier? [/quote]

I just moved from a house I loved and designed and renovated bathrooms to make beautiful. The move was part of a divorce settlement. The only home my daughter ever lived in. I went to the house and took pictures with it furnished, then I took pictures when it was empty and it didn’t look like mine anymore (walls painted sterile white etc).  I then went back to the house and sat on the floor in each room for as long as I wanted and said good bye to each room. I thanked each room and the house for supporting me/us through the years, apologized for some of the energy/turmoil it had to witness etc.  I felt my feelings.  Then I said farewell and wished the new owners joy and fulfillment.  I said I hope that they take care of the house and are happy in it.

The house just sold and is under contract and the grief is back some (it reps a transition) and I’m more detached than I was months ago. And I just feel my feelings when I feel them.

Maybe you can do the same? I don’t believe a house has to be just a structure.  It can have any meaning it has for you.

You are heard by me OP. [/quote]

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