139 Highlander Drive

139 Highlander is one closing (and just under a month) away from being a thing of our past now, and it is hard to swallow. Walking around I find it difficult to conceive of letting go of a place that held so many beautiful memories. The many adjustments we’ve made for Seth… thinking back to the very first days we moved in here. The difficulties we’ve had – like me getting laid off, and not knowing what was going to happen next. And oh so many wonderful, positive things. This will always be the house I remember when I think of “baby” Ian. His first steps. The way he’d run around and around. His first words. His proud shouts of accomplishment.

Of the actual building, I’d say more than anything that this house has had a tendency to be focused and intimate. So if the person you want is somewhere in the house, you have but to lightly call for them, and you could find them very quickly. Also if Ian wanted to leap off of the fifth step on the stairwell, everybody in the office, kitchen, dining room and living room would be able to scream “STOP!!!!” before he did so. Good, right? The flip side of that is that if Ian just wanted to sing, or bang a drum… if Melissa wanted to watch TV, or I wanted to jam my music during a deadline crunch… or if Nina wanted to cry all night… none of that is possible in this house without everybody experiencing it.

Nina has changed everything dramatically. She can’t help it, things have just shifted away from what they were. In a way I think it is fitting to say good-bye to the house that represents our lives before two kids, and embrace a new era. If you happen to have a glass handy, please raise it and wish us good luck.