Tuesday, May 26, 2009

the last supper

well, the time has come for us to bid adieu to my parent's house. along with my parents and sister, and sometimes a dog or 2, i spent much of my life calling this house my home. tonight, we will meet at the house, which is now completely empty, for one last meal. yes, i did say it's completely empty...so we'll be dining picnic style! it is definitely very weird to think that this will be the last time i will be in the house. so, please bear with me (or stop reading now) as i reflect a bit on the the many memories i have of "home"...


***the first things that comes to mind, are of course, the bad things leigh and i did...(here it goes mom and dad...if you didn't know yet, you do now!)

*sneaking out during sleepovers
*leigh hosting a "small party" and getting busted (i was at camp and can remember like it was yesterday, reading the letter she sent me!)
*having boys over
*raking the yard (endlessly) after getting in trouble at school

***some of the good times that immediately come to mind are...

*having great neighbors as a kid and always having someone to play with
*celebrating hanukkah and other holidays as a family
*trick or treating
*coming home from summers away at camp..to a card and gift on my pillow
*always knowing that on my birthday, cards would be waiting for me on the kitchen table at breakfast...and an ice cream cake would be in the freezer that night :)
*my chalkboard (emily...you know what i'm talking about!)
*being picked up for formals, homecoming and prom at that house
*opening the front door to meet derek in person for the first time and knowing there was something special about this guy
*celebrating the birth of BOTH of my sons, by having their bris at the house
*andrew calling "my" room, "his" room when he spent the night at nanny and papa's

this will be a fun and emotional night...i'm sure some tears will be shed as we close the door, literally, on this chapter of our lives.



3 comments:

janet said...

the "bad" things weren't sssooo sssooo bad, and the good things were wonderful!

yes, this will be the last meal we have in this house, but hopefully, many more will occur in our next abode. the shared memories we all have will be relived over and over again....through stories and pictures.

our family is so very special....and we are so lucky.

love you all....mommy (aka nanny)

staci said...

here are just a few of the memories I have of that house:

* I remember going to see the lot of land before the house was even built, and wondering where Amy and Leigh were going to play - there was a HUGE hill as the backyard with tons of trees.

* the walk-out basement and playing Teacher on that chalk-board for hours

* sleepovers in Amy's room with Emily or Jamie

* EKC pictures plastered everywhere in Amy's room and clothes everywhere in Leigh's room

* sorry Leigh, but I also remember spending way too much time waiting for you to do your hair in that bathroom, getting it just perfect every time we'd go somewhere

* using the dining room only for very special meals and almost never spending time in the living room

* sitting around the kitchen table laughing so hard from Uncle Stephen's jokes (Salad Shooter!!)

* 7037428276 was the only other phone number I've ever memorized aside from my house and the farm

* walking to the town pool and convincing Lisa that there was an underground school with access from a man hole in a small hill

aaahhhhh.... the memories....

janet said...

i have memories that are too numerous to mention here.
staci....yours cracked me up, but along with salad shooter, i just have to add, "i'm a latke!!"
oxoxoxox

 
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