> My parents are doing the same, sort of -- only the IRS is instigating the process, because they held onto the house (for those same sort of memories) way, way, WAAAAY longer than they could afford. Good news is, your memories don't live in that house anymore either, and they can't be lost or sold. You'll make much better memories in the future if you're making smart money decisions (like selling a house that's bigger than you need). And the future is a much better thing to worry about than the past.
Worrying about the future tends to put me in an existential crisis, but i'll take in mind the part about the memories.
> Burn the house down before anyone foreign can trample all over your abstract and totally stationary memories.
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> Then collect insurance and sell the land to a developer.
I can't tell if this is joking or not. Either way it feels kind of mean
> I went through this a few years back. I was expecting it to be harder than it was. How much time do you spend in it? Or have you lived on your own for a while? I had lived on my own for a while so the house wasn't my home when it was sold and that made it easier. As mdk said, your memories don't live there any more. If you want or can, take pictures of parts of it that you want to hold onto. I know it was easier for me because when I went to visit the house just before it was sold the tree I used to climb in daily had been chopped down (years earlier and no one had told me) and the row of lilacs I used to read under was also gone. It was enough to help sever things for me. That house wasn't the house I remembered, not really.
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> I hope things go well for you in this regard. But things are just things, keep that in mind.
I've been in this house since i was 6 months old. and I'm 20 and jobless, so I still live at home. Thank you for the advice.
> My childhood got sold when I was still in my childhood and my dad pulled up sticks and moved us out to Germany, then back to New Hampshire, then down to Texas, then up to Maryland. I spent the rest of my childhood bouncing around, so I suppose I can't really relate to living in a place for all that long. On the other hand, I know about dealing with that.
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> The memories go with you, trust me.
Thank you
> My parents have been fixing up a house on the countryside that they will be moving in to soon.
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> The last time I visited them in the house I grew up in, I knew it'd be one of the last times I'd be there and I felt a pit in my stomach. Somehow it was comforting to walk through my house with my camera recording a video. Just a snapshot of that point in time before it all changes.
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> Now if I ever need some cathartic nostalgia, I can just watch that video and sob. Both of my cats have died since then (last year) so I've already watched the video and sobbed since they're both in it. :')
Thank you for sharing, and for the idea of filming.