Life_Roll8667

Life_Roll8667 OP t1_jdv6714 wrote

Reply to comment by ink_monkey96 in My great aunt is selling her house, the one I grew up in. It’s falling apart and she has to move. Today is a very hard, sad day for me. I found this picture of me in the front yard with our old mustang in the 90s. I’m in tears. by Life_Roll8667

Really irrelevant. If you didn’t mean to be that guy, then why did you write a whole paragraph? I’m not embarrassed by a misspell, but I would sure be embarrassed to come on someone’s memory and start being a grammar nazi. Respectfully just don’t do that anymore. Thank you.

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Life_Roll8667 OP t1_jdu016k wrote

Reply to comment by DrizzleDrain in My great aunt is selling her house, the one I grew up in. It’s falling apart and she has to move. Today is a very hard, sad day for me. I found this picture of me in the front yard with our old mustang in the 90s. I’m in tears. by Life_Roll8667

Yep. Feeling really lost tonight. First time I’ve ever been away from my aunt is 30 years. First time I can’t just go be with her or take her to whataburger with me late at night. First time I don’t have her to watch her movies with. Growing up sucks.

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Life_Roll8667 OP t1_jdtwqki wrote

Reply to comment by DrizzleDrain in My great aunt is selling her house, the one I grew up in. It’s falling apart and she has to move. Today is a very hard, sad day for me. I found this picture of me in the front yard with our old mustang in the 90s. I’m in tears. by Life_Roll8667

No hoarding, my aunts house was always very nice and felt very comfortable. A true southern ladies home. We got ravished by two bad hurricanes here where I am in Florida, after Ivan many many years ago we had minor damage, then the one after (I can’t remember which one) it made the roof worse. Her sons are too busy with their own lives to lend a hand to us and basically just put a tarp over the roof. A limb fell on the roof again after that and it eventually just started taking a toll on the house. The major problem is the roof and the ceilings. And now it’s just to the point where it’s not safe for her to live there anymore and we are broker than dirt… if I had the money I’d fix it up myself, but that’s the hand life dealt us.

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Life_Roll8667 OP t1_jds8gfz wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in My great aunt is selling her house, the one I grew up in. It’s falling apart and she has to move. Today is a very hard, sad day for me. I found this picture of me in the front yard with our old mustang in the 90s. I’m in tears. by Life_Roll8667

I haven’t seen another one like it in many of years. It had the burgundy red interior. I remember pulling up to my soccer games in that bad boy.

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Life_Roll8667 OP t1_jdrv1x0 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in My great aunt is selling her house, the one I grew up in. It’s falling apart and she has to move. Today is a very hard, sad day for me. I found this picture of me in the front yard with our old mustang in the 90s. I’m in tears. by Life_Roll8667

You’re right… I just wish I could build those memories for another generation or two. If I had the money I would do it myself. Just depressing times we live in man. The system is made to keep the rich-rich and the poor-poor. Life has been swallowing me lately, so this was just the icing on the cake.

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Life_Roll8667 OP t1_jdrottk wrote

Reply to comment by MacDugin in My great aunt is selling her house, the one I grew up in. It’s falling apart and she has to move. Today is a very hard, sad day for me. I found this picture of me in the front yard with our old mustang in the 90s. I’m in tears. by Life_Roll8667

My aunt and I lived in extreme poverty. If that was an option I’m sure it would have been done. We live in Florida, so after the last few hurricanes she was a goner.

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Life_Roll8667 OP t1_jdrhgol wrote

Reply to comment by DavoTB in My great aunt is selling her house, the one I grew up in. It’s falling apart and she has to move. Today is a very hard, sad day for me. I found this picture of me in the front yard with our old mustang in the 90s. I’m in tears. by Life_Roll8667

Thank you. This was a very happy time in my life. I got to show my daughter the picture and she is a replica of me, she was able to see the comparison of the gas station and the laundry mat that is still across the street. Was a magical moment.

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Life_Roll8667 OP t1_jdrh4js wrote

Reply to comment by Few_Carrot_3971 in My great aunt is selling her house, the one I grew up in. It’s falling apart and she has to move. Today is a very hard, sad day for me. I found this picture of me in the front yard with our old mustang in the 90s. I’m in tears. by Life_Roll8667

She’s okay, she’s sad too I can tell. But we both know it has to happen. Most of the house is over run with black mold. She’s been living with me and my kids for about 3 months now. She’s moving in with her son in Georgia for a bit and then coming back to help me with the kids later this year. So she will be back in forth.

Before it was my aunt Rosie’s house it was my aunt Arlene’s house. And when she passed it went to Rosie. So there is many generations and memories through this house. And yes it’s the fact it’s all disappearing… you hit the nail on the head. I had a nightmare last night, woke up in a panic this morning and was hysterical. Been a rough day for me

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Life_Roll8667 OP t1_jdrflqx wrote

Reply to comment by Few_Carrot_3971 in My great aunt is selling her house, the one I grew up in. It’s falling apart and she has to move. Today is a very hard, sad day for me. I found this picture of me in the front yard with our old mustang in the 90s. I’m in tears. by Life_Roll8667

Worst part of it all is my great aunt raised me. She’s 80 now, I’m 30. It was just us in this house for a long time. It’s so sad to see it falling down, and looking at things and thinking of our past times that were very happy. I know chapters have to end eventually but damn is it sad.

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