14 Years ago we moved into our first home as a married couple in the Soup Bowl.
Our perfect little home... all of 1400 square feet had been a HUGE leap for us both emotionally and finanically. It was my first home away from the home that I grew up in for over 25 years and I remember thinking that it would never feel like "home." When we bought it, it was pink and black on the outside and didn't even have floors...but it had one beautiful Japanese Magnolia tree in the front yard that we 
adored from the very start.
adored from the very start.Allen & Dad painstakingly nailed down the subfloors by hand so that the wood floors could be installed. We painted, we scrubbed, we decorated, we knocked down and we painted again and AGAIN.
We loved it....from top to bottom and it loved us back. It sheltered us from Katrina and provided me the only safe place & comforting haven when I was suffering so deeply. It protected me from all the instability that surrounded us.
It welcomed 2 children, 14 wedding anniversaries, countless birthdays and other celebrations that meant so much to us. It was here we said goodbye to our two loving cats...first Bean then Binx and our little family is still not complete without them. Now it is our turn to say goodbye to our little home that unfortunately is not growing as quick as we are.
It has been almost two weeks that we did our house closing. I was crushed when I realized I didn't get to say goodbye. Teary eyed as we signed the final paper, the new owner saw how pathetic I looked and allowed us to keep a key so I could say a proper goodbye and thank you and off I went. It felt so good to walk through once more...all alone to say a prayer of thanks.
It is now time for new openings....new paths and a new place to call home. We are not sure where it will take us yet and how our story will continue but we know and love that 132 Haroleans will be forever in our thoughts.
We started as 2 and leave as 4.
Thank you from all our hearts...Kellie, Allen, Cole and Carly
