Shutting the Door - Written Saturday June 18th, 2011

So I am shutting the door to my home for the last time. Everything has gone including Sophie who left with Charlotte last night.The stories this house holds! The laughter, the tears, the anguish of parenting, the joys of parenting, the parties, the problem solving, the loneliness, the animals, the fullness of life and THE FAMILY!

I can't stop crying.....this seperation is almost primal...it is bigger than me. Not only am I leaving this home, I am leaving a life...the life I have known and sparred with for 23 years. I no longer will wake up with a smile wondering what the childrens first words and observations of the day will be. I no longer will have Sophie telling me its time to get coffee and munchkins and no longer wake up to Andy's 5.30am phone call. That phone call that has proved you can share a life from 5000 miles.... the distance that finally ends today.....that distance that begins AGAIN today.