Week 7 Entry...

[snarkerdoodle]

Comments

[similiesslip]

Aww..this was sad but so beautifully written.

It is so hard to "let go" of our grandparents' houses (at least it was for me.) I never LIVED with them but knowing they were there to visit..was a nice feeling.

I like how you describe the elements in your story.

[snarkerdoodle]

Wow, you read *fast*! I barely switched tabs and you were already here with a comment. ;)

And yes, I couldn't agree more -- I had three sets of grandparents due to a divorce, and while their homes couldn't have been more wildly different from each other, I missed each and every one of them when they passed out of our possession.

Thanks for reading and commenting, as always -- glad that you enjoyed it! :)

[shadowwolf13]

Aw :(

[snarkerdoodle]

Thanks for reading! :)

[muchtooarrogant]

This was a fabulously descriptive entry. I'm sorry your family had to sell their farm. I felt the same sort of pain when our family house had to be sold after my father passed away.

Dan

[snarkerdoodle]

Thanks for reading and commenting -- I'm glad you connected with it! :)

[ecosopher]

My parents just sold their farm a couple of weeks ago. This rang true for me on so many levels.

[snarkerdoodle]

It was tough to realize I'd never have the farm ever be 'the farm' again -- you don't really recognize how attached you can be to a place like that until you're faced with it being removed from your experience. Now, though (a few years later), it is far easier for me to remember all the good times and fun I had there, and I don't dwell anymore that it's not with the family still.

Thanks for reading, as always! :)

[whipchick]

How lovely to be able to have that ritual of leave-taking of a beloved place. And I loved this line: "(No one messed with my grandmother, not even the squirrels.)"

[snarkerdoodle]

lol -- I swear, she's step outside with that little shotgun and the squirrels went to warp 12 to get out of sight. ;)

Thanks for reading and commenting!