Today, we made the exhausting haul with 13 years worth of collections, to a new home. When we moved in, we had only a few gifted pieces of furniture and big dreams. Our daughter Wren has often referred to our home as “our sweet little house.” That’s exactly what it is…sweet.
Thank you for your shelter
Our sweet little house
Under your roof,
We grew up and multiplied
Packed your rooms with people
And bunkered down in solitude
We also packed your rooms with love
Love and gratitude
For the place we called home
May you bring just as much joy to your new family.
Where There Is Joy 
Perfect ode to your beginning…now, on to the rest of your story…
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Leaving that sweet little home behind is so bittersweet.
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Your sweet ode is as sweet as your home. I know that whoever moves in will feel all of the love that you and your family have generated over the years. The painting is just beautiful.
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Such a sweet reflection on your home. They really do become part of us…even more so, I’m sure with the last two years of more time at home. Lovely memories.
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What memories you have captured in your words- on to new adventures now!
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Lovely! Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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I adore that painting! You’ll think of your sweet first house (together) with fondness whenever you see it.
Good luck with the unpacking! I hope your kids will be good helpers!
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Perfect and sweet. I’ll miss your old house but can’t wait to see the new one.
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This is so sweet! When my family sold our river home a couple of years ago. I wrote an ode to Sapelo and it was read at the closing (I wasn’t there, but I heard there was not a dry eye). Then, a couple months later, the new owners sent a photo – it was a picture of my ode, framed, on their wall. You never realize how powerful a poem can be or how much it can mean to others. This warms my heart that your home embraced you as you grew and then released you into a bigger world – so much like parents do!
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This is lovely. The former owners of our new house wrote a letter that I also want to frame. So sweet.
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I love the last line. It’s great to think of.a new family following that same path.
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What a lovely painting – and a lovely goodbye to your sweet little house! Here’s to more memories in your new house and new memories for another family in your old house. And here’s to you writing even when you were moving!
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