Places I will miss
While I am aware of our encroaching departure, I have only had to weather one major goodbye. Eva was harder than, (I hope), most, as she had no idea what was happening. Thus it was harder to say goodbye. The rest of the goodbyes I am not nearly as worried about. I have resolved to keep better contact with the people I will be leaving behind. In this day and age it shouldn’t be too hard to keep in contact with you all back here in the US. Between email, this blog, skype, etc, I may even be able to keep better in touch with people. As danielle and I have been saying, “we are interesting now and people will want to talk to us.” What I haven’t counted on was the places I will be missing. I had to say goodbye to the first place that I am really close to.
The last few day I have spent up at my parent small house on the shore of Lake Superior in Lutsen, MN. Today I have started to feel very sad that I will not be able to come visit here for at least a year. I love this place. I have loved it since I first laid eyes on it.
My mom credits me with being the one who really saw what was here at the lutsen house before everyone else. When my parents had decided to buy a house on the north shore, they toured several houses up and down the shore. I remember distinctly two, that I think we visited in the same day. The first one, the one they eventually bought, I instantly felt a connection with. The second, I could hardly stand to tour, it gave me such a bad vibe. My parents were torn but, in part looking at my opinion finally bought what has become know as the “lutsen house”.
This place is one of my recharging places. I don’t know how much faith I put in feng shui, but I know this place has a positive energy that affects me. I don’t need to be here all the time but I like to come to recharge my batteries once and a while. I will miss not being able to visit for a while. I just hope this latest recharge will last.
I get what you mean. I have the same view from the south side of the same lake. It’s my grandmother’s house in Washburn, WI. Any time that I go there the rest of the world falls away. We’ve discussed the house with my parents and my grandmother. It’s in his and his sister’s name now (to avoid inheritance issues). Eventually it will fall to my sister and I, should a catastrophe not happen before hand.
Hey – I have skype at work – we’ll have to skype it up!
I also know what you mean. The cottage my Grandparents had in Crystal Beach, Ontario was like that for me. My grandmother sold it after my grandfather died, but it will always hold a special place in my heart.