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For me, having the MomsLikeMe website shut down was like having a house fire. When the alarm went off I was in shock. Thoughts raced through my mind. Then, once I realized that it would all be ashes very shortly, I ran around the house grabbing the things I thought were worth saving. As I did that, it brought back memories and I worried about our future.

That house is gone now. I took the things I saved and I moved them over to our new house. The new house isn’t really ready. There are a lot of things that need to be repaired and there is going to be a learning curve here for everyone. To be honest, it’s a little overwhelming. I am looking now at the things I grabbed on my way out the door. There are some things I am not sure why I grabbed. There are already things I realize I should have grabbed, but it is now too late. In the days and weeks to come I might have more of those realizations. But I will just have to remind myself that I did the best I could at the time.

As we build this new house together, there might be things we really miss from the old house. Perhaps some of those things can be rebuilt here. Others might not be possible. But each house has a unique character and in the long run this house will probably be better for our needs. It might take some patience and hard work to get there.

Through all of this one thing has become clear. The house wasn’t really what was important. What is important is the family in the house. It’s really all about the people. Things can be replaced. People can not. My hope is that our family will all join up here in our new house – and make this house a home.

-Gail

Nicely put!

Very nice Gail!

Well said, Gail! In the end, the family is still together.

Great perspective. At least we all got out alive (and it was a close one for Gail and her famous Halloween Candy post from last year!). Here's to new beginings!

I know!

Great analogy Gail! The family is coming together nicely. Hopefully we’ll all be ‘home’ soon.

I don't know if I'm just over-emotional lately or what. But seriously, tears in my eyes by the last paragraph.

Confession: I had tears in my eyes writing it.

Count me in on the emotional group...yep I have tears in my eyes too. I am so glad that this site was created.

Lately I have a lot of those moments in which I wish I could search the old site for an old post.

Me, too. There was no way we could save everything.

And we couldn't even predict what we would want. The scary thing for me is that some of the things should ahve been obvious to me, but I didn't even remember they existed until later. Oh well. It's a good life lesson.