There's something deeply personal about these moments—how they pull you into a space that feels untouched by time. Even though life moves on, stepping into a familiar place can be grounding.
Sometimes for me, realizing they’re never going to be the same again is the thing I use to power the memory of what was there. Keeps me almost… realigned I guess in a sense. Makes me have more gratitude. But it does take a LOT of sadness and really sitting and feeling that emotion. I went back to my grandmothers trailer one day. She died at a house in a city over but her trailer stayed, untouched the few years before she died that she moved out. The light turned on after sitting there for a bit. She was telling me to move on. To let it go, and that that place was always going to be just a place. But it took a lot. I should write more about it, but I think it goes to show how healing that process can be. Even if it’s only a one time or a few (drive bys in my case) visit as I’m guessing you will have made the visits to the older home/lot
That is completely valid. Sometimes those places will bring nothing but pain. Especially under your circumstances. Here for you, that is not an easy thing to relive.
I love this concept. I find nostalgia is such a temptress. Drawing you in to a safe place. It feels good to linger for a moment and be at peace.
Most definitely. It used to be the opposite for me, and I definitely had to do some inner healing before getting to this point.
Sometimes for me, realizing they’re never going to be the same again is the thing I use to power the memory of what was there. Keeps me almost… realigned I guess in a sense. Makes me have more gratitude. But it does take a LOT of sadness and really sitting and feeling that emotion. I went back to my grandmothers trailer one day. She died at a house in a city over but her trailer stayed, untouched the few years before she died that she moved out. The light turned on after sitting there for a bit. She was telling me to move on. To let it go, and that that place was always going to be just a place. But it took a lot. I should write more about it, but I think it goes to show how healing that process can be. Even if it’s only a one time or a few (drive bys in my case) visit as I’m guessing you will have made the visits to the older home/lot
That is completely valid. Sometimes those places will bring nothing but pain. Especially under your circumstances. Here for you, that is not an easy thing to relive.