[DianeM]

Originally Posted by SMills

I read your post today, a little late, but nevertheless it caught my eye. I too am having some of the same feelings you experienced about moving. I have been in my home for 40 years and at the end of this year I will retire, start downsizing in hopes of moving to TV the first part of next year. Leaving my home will be a big challenge and change for me as well and I felt your pain while I read your posts. We bought our home back in 1973, raised our son, saw his marriage and the arrival of our granddaughters, a good number of family pets both cats, dogs and I believe there was even a frog in their at some point. Seven years ago, my husband died in that house, in the livingroom with me bye his side. I've been alone in that house for the past seven years with all the memories and the "what if's" if things had been different. Now, God has blessed me with the gift of a wonderful man and the promise of a new life. I'm trying very hard to take advantage of that gift and the promise of happiness leaving my old life behind, not an easy task as I am sure you well know. Today has been a tough day for me, memories of my late husband and our life together keep coming into my mind, I've had tears more than once today, crazy how those days just pop up out of the blue. I say all this in hopes that you can identify with someone who is walking in your shoes, so that you will know that you are not alone with the memories, but also the opportunity for a wonderful new life, full of hope and promise. Here's hoping to meet you at some point in TV, share a glass of wine and share some of our memories . . . God Bless!

I'm so sorry that you're having a tough day - they do hit now and then. I do COMPLETELY understand that some days are hard. If you feel like crying - that's okay - it's good for the soul to let it go. Many folks don't understand that it's a part of life to be sad and haunted at times. Its just the way that life is meant to be lived. If we were supposed to be numb all the time, we could just as well be androids. Good for you that you have the opportunity to create a new life. I am trying to do the exact same thing. Whether this will all work remains to be seen but life is meant to be about adventures. If the path is wrong, we can always change directions.

I'm a red wine person - LOL. All the best !!!!