House full of memories.

There she is - my childhood home (thank you, Google Maps - street view).
This was the house I grew up in from the time I was three years old until I left for college at 18. This was the house that was always "home" for me - Christmas break, Spring break, Thanksgiving - no matter where all us kids were at the time, this was the home we would all come back to to spend time together as a family.
I have such great memories of this house.

When we were little, my brothers and I used to stuff ourselves into ONE sleeping bag and then slide headfirst down our 3-pivot flight of stairs, slamming into the wall at the bottom, hysterically laughing, soaked in sweat, and just a slight claustrophobia-induced panic. It was amazing.

Good times. Nay, great times.
Anyway, today I got a text from my dad that he's going to sell the house soon and downsize to something smaller. After all, it is just him and Princess Sophia living there.
I guess I have mixed feelings about it all. I mean, did I really expect this house to stay in the family FOR-EV-ER? I dunno, maybe.
But if I'm being honest, ever since my Mom moved out of that house, it's never really been the same. I go there and see what P. Sophia has done to the place and it's just...different, you know? My mom's not there, we're all not there together as a family, my room is no longer my room, it's now just a faint resemblance of what used to be.
So I suppose selling the house will be just that, but at least I'll still have all the memories?
The Dizz and I were talking about it this morning over breakfast and he said that he never had that growing up. He and his family were always moving from house to house and he always wished he had that one home to go to.
So he said that when WE buy a house together, he wants it to be someplace that we can grow some roots in and that one day will have our own kid's heights' marked on the wall throughout the years. (I tell ya, this man says some things that truly melt me sometimes.)
Anyway, I'm not sure when this house will sell and who it will be sold to, but I will always be thankful for the memories created there and my own childhood marks on the wall.
xoxo