We have now been in our new apartment home for more than three weeks. It is quite a change from our beautiful four bedroom home of the last thirty five years. For the last maybe ten years we have talked about downsizing but since we were quite happy in our home we didn’t think there was any rush and then suddenly we were well into our eighties and downsizing seemed like it was time. About six months ago I had another attack of acute A fib again taking me to the emergency room to get my heart rhythm under control. It took me a little longer to bounce back from this episode. For the first time I felt strongly that we could no longer put off downsizing and Jerry agreed.
We checked out two Continuing Care communities. One of them had no independent living but said that they took residents who qualified for independent living and grouped them with those who needed assisted living care. It was not an appealing concept. As a young teen I frequently wished I was older. At various times in my young life I have wanted to be older. As I have gotten older I have always savored the life stage I was in and have never wished to speed it up. A continuing Care community that had no independent living was never an option for us. We considered purchasing a condo in Falls Church. And finally we settled on renting an apartment in Falls Church that put us close to to Maura and Paul and Jim and Lisa and their precious families.
On May 9 we moved out of our home of thirty five years and turned it over to Amy – our real estate agent and the various stagers she uses in selling a home. It officially went on the market May 30. Three days later we learned from Amy that there was a lot of interest and that the house had sold. The buyers wrote us a letter saying how much they loved the house stating that “they understand the emotional weight of selling a home and they don’t take that lightly. Your home wouldn’t just be property to us, it would be a place we would treasure”. I cried and couldn’t read any more. Jerry finished the reading . Selling a beloved home is difficult. It is an answer to prayer that we have such caring new owners.
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