My mom, dad, my brother and I moved into this home back in April 1979. The new owners take ownership on the 12 of July. It's been the Dalmir family home for 33 years.
Among other things, it marks another end and another major change for my daughters and I.
Layla and Sabrina came home to this house when they were born.
With this house leaving our lives, it feels like my feet are again lifted off the earth. Having children - it's amazing - they give you grounding. My home is with them. Them and my mom, dad and my brother. Where they all dwell lies home.
It does feel a bit like I'm coming undone and reformed. So much of my person is defined by that home and the history that it holds.
With Layla being born to me, it has set me off on a wild new journey.
The family housed the family that I was born into and that which I made. It was the house that supported my being married.
I will miss this house and I will miss the me that once was. The universe has a different design for me and I think I'm becoming less resistant to the changes taking shape.
Most importantly, as we leave our house, I feel so much pride for my parents; for their building the family house in Vancouver and for their integrity. I wonder how they feel. Sadness in letting this beautiful home go and the reality that comes with. My god how things do change.
I have to say goodbye to my beloved home and to the solid ground that it gave me for so many years, as a child, a girl, a woman, a mother. Thank you home for supporting me and for always being there NO MATTER what or when I needed you. You have given me so much comfort and joy over these years. I loved within your strong and sturdy and safe walls. Within your walls will always be my spirit and the spirit of our loving family. You have done your job and we bid you well with your new occupants.
It is really sad and hard to say goodbye to you and I love you very much.
I will build a family home for my family - a space for all to come and feel like home.
It's my turn.
“In the end
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?”
― Siddhārtha Gautama
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