the mundane is not so mundane
Hey everyone,
Long time since my last post. I'm writing now because soon I'm moving out of my current apartment. Sarah and I need another room for the baby, so we're moving a short distance away to a two-bedroom.
I know it's a good idea, but I really will miss the little things in my apartment and all their associations. I find myself holding onto doorframes and staring out the windows. I guess I've come to realize that aside from the house I grew up in this is the place I've lived in the longest. I will miss it.
Long time since my last post. I'm writing now because soon I'm moving out of my current apartment. Sarah and I need another room for the baby, so we're moving a short distance away to a two-bedroom.
I know it's a good idea, but I really will miss the little things in my apartment and all their associations. I find myself holding onto doorframes and staring out the windows. I guess I've come to realize that aside from the house I grew up in this is the place I've lived in the longest. I will miss it.
posted by Mark Meritt at 9:28 AM
4 Comments:
Is that true, honey? Is this the place we've lived the longest? Seems like we lived for awhile in Oak Patch-- hmmm.... I'm trying to figure this out!
The two places where I have lived the longest no longer exist. Both were torn down in order to build MacMansions. If that happens one more time, my money worries will be over.
Gary
yes, one does take extra time to soak in a place when you know it won't be much longer. By taking photos, Sarah is trying to capture some of the essence of your place--my mom and I both do that too, taking pictures of places we've lived in before we move out.
However you don't even need the photos as you remember a sense of place or a particular moment in time tied together with that place... anyway, it is a place you will look back on fondly (for the most part, landlords/etc excepted).
Albert, that was actually very funny -- thank you! :)
Katherine, yes indeed. Another way to look at the situation is to feel grateful to have such strong attachment to a place. I'm sure it will stay with me internally for a long time, and I'm grateful for the time Sarah and I had there.
Gary, money matters aside, it's tough to think of old homes not being there anymore, especially given what replaces them.
Incidentally, the latest Best American Essays contains a very moving piece on memory and "rooms" by current US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser. I think it's called something like "Small Rooms in Time," but I'm not sure.
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