Saying Goodbye
In the midst of all the moving excitement, it dawned on me that I am going to be saying goodbye to our amazing apartment. This place holds so many memories from the past seven months; many joyful memories, some heartbreaking memories, but all of them our memories nonetheless. I was in such a different place when we first moved in. I had just left behind Chicago and a job that had completely drained me. I wasn't sure where to go from there. Now, with a budding freelance career, I look back over the past seven months and realize how much I have grown and changed. I am very proud of where I am today and I feel like some of that is due to this amazing apartment. This was the apartment that was featured on Design*Sponge and Apartment Therapy, blogs I read daily (but never dreamed I could be a part of). The radiators in this apartment were featured in ReadyMade and Old Home Journal. My crafts that were lovingly produced in my tiny, carved-out studio space were featured on Craft Magazine's website and on One Pretty Thing and Decor8. In short, the energy of this apartment propelled me into a new career. Maybe it is the amazing light, or the vintage pipes and radiators, or the deep windowsills, or maybe...just maybe, it has a little bit to do with me!!
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I will miss it too! Love, Mom
This might sound a little silly, coming from a reader of your blog, but here goes: This morning I was up to my elbows in dishwater, thinking of the fact that someday, maybe sooner, maybe later, my husband and I are going to be moving from this little, old apartment. And I truly felt a pang about it! Then I thought of you; and how happy it must be to have a house, but how difficult it must be to leave such an amazing apartment, a place that you truly made into a beautiful home.
I hope you have a safe, quick, uneventful move!
You are my motivation to get my living situation in order—-thanks for the reminder of how much it affects everything in your life (for better or worse since I'm in the opposite situation: I don't like my apartment and need to get house hunting pronto).
Congratulations and good luck with everything.
Christine, all the goodness that went into your amazing place will remain there for whoever moves in next. Well done in how far you have come all these eventful months, and well done for leaving your little corner of the world a better place for the next people :)
Meg