One year ago today, Tom and I packed our last box, shoved it onto a very full UHaul, said a tearful goodbye to our gorgeous home, and we headed for Macomb to spend the night and be early to our closing in the morning of Nov 5, 2009. Sad day, happy day! We couldn't decide! New owners please take care of our lovely home that we built and cared for with such love.
Next day, he headed east to our Michigan home in the UHaul, I followed in my Jeep. We both felt elation when we crossed the Indiana/Michigan state line....we blew our horns and smiled cuz we were heading "Home"!
Little did I know, little did I even dream, that ALL OUR FAMILY...everyone..was at that very moment heading to our new home, too. By plane, train, bus, boat, canoe, van, truck, bicycle, ski....well, some of those anyway!!!! They were going to give me a huge surprise of a lifetime! I just retired, left my job, left my house, left my town & state, and headed to a new life. And they wanted to help us do it!
The next several days were a blur of family, food, drink, kids, grandchildren, friends, relatives, packing boxes, unpacking boxes, finding stuff, losing stuff, but loving my loving family for wanting to help us. Bless you all. There is nothing I could ever do to repay you all for the wonderful feeling of joy you gave us for just being there! Priceless!
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