tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post9165977536872727036..comments2024-03-26T08:06:19.661-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: Packing up my past loribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-38228262719400726982016-03-19T01:49:01.615-04:002016-03-19T01:49:01.615-04:00Transitions are tough. I can feel the emotion in y...Transitions are tough. I can feel the emotion in your post. Acknowledging and understanding how you feel are important. No advice, just know I ache a little with you. So sorry.<br />SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-90267888364702776562016-03-12T12:25:36.125-05:002016-03-12T12:25:36.125-05:00When the practical and spiritual collide it is NOT...When the practical and spiritual collide it is NOT always harmonious, that's for sure.<br /><br />I'm so moved at the loving and devotional ways that you honor your dear Katie, I have tears rolling down my face. I've no doubt you will set up new shrines when you are settled that are every bit as luminous, but that in no way nullifies what must be a heart jerking experience of tearing down the current ones.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-19519589729288007542016-03-11T05:37:05.866-05:002016-03-11T05:37:05.866-05:00(((HUGS))) The last line really got me. Take your ...(((HUGS))) The last line really got me. Take your time in grieving...Amelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16792921371964029469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-32005228115012832222016-03-10T20:00:27.556-05:002016-03-10T20:00:27.556-05:00Wow, so difficult! Thinking of you at this time o...Wow, so difficult! Thinking of you at this time of transition!BentNotBrokenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151724076659555122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-78834495012801848392016-03-10T11:25:33.305-05:002016-03-10T11:25:33.305-05:00I think I could have put away some things, but the...I think I could have put away some things, but there would still be one or two items out to make me feel better. I also think the idea that any personal items will detract from the sale is way overstated. There's a happy medium between overcrowded with crap and looking like a hotel, and that's where most people probably live. Realtors make me irritable with their outrageous demands and attempts to do the least amount of work possible to sell your house. (I may have some baggage in this area.)<br /><br />I'm sorry you were sad, and I think it will be a little harder when you leave because you'll feel like you're leaving some memories of Katie behind. But you're not, because they (and she) are always with you.areyoukiddingmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107214079237461141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-10497530759044549692016-03-09T21:17:29.924-05:002016-03-09T21:17:29.924-05:00I think the important (but difficult) thing for us...I think the important (but difficult) thing for us is that once your house goes on the market, it's not yours any more, it's styled for the market. We had to face that when we were cleaning out my mother's house too - deciding what we would keep for putting it on the market. My sister got emotional about something, but the fact is that it wasn't Mum's house any more, it is now the new owners' house ... though it's not even for sale yet. It's easy to understand that intellectually - it's the emotional side that's tough.<br /><br />But that said, I can still understand that it was very hard for you to pack up her things, to style the house for sale. It's the first of the emotional wrenches you will face in leaving your home. Hugs.Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-59141624000061461382016-03-09T20:49:00.415-05:002016-03-09T20:49:00.415-05:00Abiding with you Loribeth. I feel the heaviness an...Abiding with you Loribeth. I feel the heaviness and emotion in every word of this post. Hugs to you...Pamela T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11474998003921896431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-15377297605285124832016-03-09T20:24:57.078-05:002016-03-09T20:24:57.078-05:00This has me in tears. Packing for a move is very h...This has me in tears. Packing for a move is very hard to do, but packing up mementos of your daughter just sounds heartbreakingly hard. Even though it's temporary.<br /><br />I'm glad the sale is going through and that your move will be happening very soon. May unpacking be healing.Cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317873211902543387noreply@blogger.com