OK, in the past years I always said to myself I would NEVER sell this house, it is way too nice, family friendly, we got it for a fair price, love the neighbors, the location, floorplan, shady yard with trees to climb on. What could possibly ever beat that!! A move seemed totally out of questions, not only was there no other options - our favorite alternatives always seemed far too expensive: Germany, Long Island, Southern New Jersey, ... Fiji (just felt like throwing that in!)
, so we never spent too much time and energy on the whole subject. Besides things were always very comfortable and alright here in Myrtle Beach. Not until this past year did we realize that neither my husband nor I had any real roots here or felt like belonging here in the long run and we just can't see ourselves growing old here. After some of our family has moved away recently, we felt like we needed to reevaluate our situation. It dawned on us that a change in location had to be done rather sooner than later, due to the age of our children and the psychological scope of such an undertaking. Even though they are still fairly young - 8 and 6 - they do worry about our plan, they try to understand what is going to happen with them, they ask tons of questions, about "how is it going to be living in Germany" and "are we going to like it there", or "will we be able to visit our friends here every year". But anyway, we ended up finding an affordable house in Germany and things suddenly made sense, and decided to move there.
We try to reassure them that things will be fine, even though we don't know much ourselves, as we step into the unknown in many regards. My hometown has changed in many ways since I left over 15 years ago, besides I never lived in it as an adult, looking for work, juggling family, work, friends, etc. I am very excited yet slowly getting cold feet, especially because we are actively trying to sell our house now. It will not be easy to let go, neither of the house, nor the memories associated with it, or all our friends here, that are almost like family to us.
I almost hesitate to post this link, because I would LOVE to keep my house, ha, ha.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/5661-Tern-Hall-Drive_Myrtle-Beach_SC_29588_M53778-35025?source=facebook
But all you nice people out there, come check it out.
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