The apartment closing was today. I am no longer a resident of Brooklyn in even the vaguest sense.
We went back to do a final clear out of the apartment on Sunday, and I was surprised by how hard it was to say goodbye. So much of my life was lived in that apartment. That was where we decided to have kids, where we learned having those kids might not be so easy, where we drowned our sorrows or celebrated our victories with barbecues in the garden, where we learned how to hold a newborn baby, where we folded mountains of newborn baby laundry, where the babies learned to roll over, to crawl, to walk, where someone called me Mama for the first time.
Someone else has the keys to the apartment that holds all those memories. I hope she enjoys it as much as we did.
I think you can take the girl out of Brooklyn, but you can't take Brooklyn out of the girl :)
Congrats on actually closing. May you always have wonderful memories of that place - and make some new ones in the new place!!!
Posted by: Toni | December 16, 2008 at 06:15 PM
Moving is bittersweet, isn't it?
Posted by: Jill | December 16, 2008 at 07:23 PM
Part of me wants to scream 'congratulations!' while the other part of me wants to quietly ponder the bittersweet moments of life.
May the memories always stay close in your heart and may the 'burbs present you with a whole new wonderful set of memories to cherish.
Posted by: Dee | December 16, 2008 at 11:46 PM
What Toni said. Brooklyn will always be part of your . . . soul? Is that an overstatement?
For what it's worth, we visited Brooklyn this past weekend, and while I miss it, I don't miss actually living there.
Posted by: B mama | December 17, 2008 at 07:38 AM
Wow... congrats on the closing. I can just imagine how hard it must have been to say goodbye to a place with so many memories. I hope they stay vivid in your mind, and that you'll always consider yourself a Brooklyn girl!
Posted by: Megan | December 17, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Congratulations on closing. I have a similar place in my life. Leaving it was hard. I didn't want them to do anything with the place. Now though I drive past and they clearly have done nothing at all still so I am cross with them for not loving it like I did.
Posted by: Betty M | December 17, 2008 at 06:27 PM
You'll always have Brooklyn. ;-)
Hope you are holding up ok. I'll know you are coping when you change your tagline (I won't expect you to change your nickname - that would be a bridge too far!)
Posted by: Thalia | December 18, 2008 at 03:24 AM