Goodbye to the walls

At 10:00 am tomorrow, our Gainesville house will officially belong to someone else. While I am relieved to be free of the payments, I am sad to say goodbye.

Goodbye to the first home Jared and I owned together.
Goodbye to the home where we began our family of 3.
Goodbye to the home where Steven took his first steps, said his first words.
Goodbye to the hand painted mural in Steven's bedroom.
Goodbye to Jared's man cave in the garage.
Goodbye to the dream that one day we would all move back to Gainesville.
Goodbye to the back lanai that was the location of many a fire pit party.
Goodbye.

But I will not say goodbye to the memories.  Because as a wise 11 year old told me "a house is just walls, your memories are forever.  No one can take your memories from you."

I will always treasure the memories in the blue house but our home is no longer in Gainesville.  And because of that , I can say goodbye to the house.  Because I will keep the memories in my heart forever.