The nice thing about blogs is that you, as the blogger, can post about items whenever you want and the readers (unless they were there) will never know when the actual event occurred. For as inconsistent as a blogger as I can be, this concept comes in handy for posts such as this one.
I spent about a week and a half in Kansas a couple of weeks ago but am just now getting around to telling you all about it.
Granted, most of you that will read this saw me while I was in KS, therefore, you know that I'm super late to getting around to posting!Anyway, the auction is over. All of my childhood things, taken away by the local community.
And while your next thought is probably wondering why I'm not going into some sentimental story about how sad the whole process was, its because it truly wasn't that sad of process. I don't know if it's the maturity level or perhaps I'm just rational but I went through the whole mind set with the back thought that: "I can go out and buy any of these items over eBay later on in my life if I really want them back."
I remember someone asking me at the end of the day if I was sad to see everything gone. My response? "Nope, sitting here on the couch and watching everything disappearing from this driveway is awesome. It represents one less item that I have to clean up and throw away." If you're somewhat alarmed that we just gave away all of our family treasures, don't be.
Have you forgotten that my parents have a filled house down in Florida?
Everything that needed to be saved was, and most of those items had already been taken to the new house.
I remember coming back a year ago to the shell of the house with Josh. We both just walked around and couldn't believe how empty the place appeared when there was still so many items in there.
While it was a fully functioning house, the small memories had been stored and packed away to begin their journey to the new house in FL. I believe it was at that time that I felt the most sentimental about the whole process.
I will say though, for those of you reading this and are part of the crew that helped us out, THANK YOU! We couldn't have done it without you. Actually, we could have but none of my family would have been around to enjoy the rest of the year as we would be dead from killing one another. :)
I also wish to thank my friends that traveled from far and near to spend some time with me that week.
Whether you came from Kansas City, Denver, Tulsa, Newton, Manhattan, and etc...you know I really appreciate all of you.
It was your support and the other people from the community that showed up on Saturday, May 12th, that really made the week complete.
You showed my parents that you support them in their new adventures despite them leaving the community.
You also showed that no matter how separated people may get in our lives, you will still be there when we need you the most.
