It's all over but the crying

We sold our house. This house that Jeff bought when he was single. This house that I would come over to when we were dating and he would grill out steaks and try to impress me with his culinary skills. This house that we came back to after he proposed at the state capitol in November of 2008. This house that we returned to after our wedding cruise. This house that we brought home not one, but 2 babies from the hospital. This house that we started our lives together...that I started my life. Sometimes I can't remember what my life was like before I met Jeff, before kids and before I became an adult. Those are memories of a lesser Alison. This Alison is amazing. I have grown into a woman I always knew was inside me...all while living in this house.And now it's not ours anymore. I have cried and mourned and then laughed for being so silly. I mean its just a house. I have lived in many and will grow and learn in more. But this one, this is the one I began my life in. I look around and think, that is where Mattie first crawled or Virginia first walked. The living room where I stayed awake many nights with a fussy baby and took long naps the following day. We have sweet neighbors, my kids attended a wonderful preschool and I have fond memories of friends. If we have all of this then why would we ever leave. Well, you can't stay in one place too long or you get comfortable. You can't stay in one job too long or it becomes boring and mundane. Life is always moving, always changing and its one of the few surpirses left. I will miss this house, my home. I will miss this town although I have said I hate it. And I will miss the friends that feel like family. On to the next adventure! Get ready Greenwood, here come the Wrights!