A Final Goodbye

LIBERTY BELL CT

With a tear or two in my eye today I went to say a final goodbye to my childhood house. My Mom has sold the house I grew up in and the final closing is today so I grabbed my camera and headed over there to take a few memento photos. I love to scrapbook and so am planning to make a page with these pictures, later.
I wasn't too sad at first. I pulled up and got out snapped a few pics walked around a bit reminisced a little and took some more pics. As I finally got into my car to back out of the driveway it's when it hit me that this is the LAST time I will ever pull out of this driveway again - EVER. Then the tears started to flow and I'm even a little weepy right now typing this. I stopped took one last photo as I pulled away and didn't look back. I took one more photo of our street sign at the top of the street and then slowly drove off. Thank goodness I didn't have a key to go inside or I might really have lost it.
I know it's just a house and I know that it's my family and our lives that made it our home but that is why it's so hard b/c there were so many happy times there. That was the last place that I saw my father alive and well, the last time I saw my pets alive and well, on and on I could go but I won't.
I have my own house now and it is already filling with it's own memories. I am having company this weekend and so will get back to scrubbing and cleaning in prep for some more memories to be made with my own family & friends.