Hi Barbara,
Thank you for your feedback and for relating your own poignant story.
My Mom actually still lives in the house I grew up in as a child. I never moved at all until I moved into my college dorm. And I moved into my current home twenty-three years ago, so this story is based more on my imagination than my actual experiences.
But having said that, I know -- given my mother's age -- that my childhood home will undoubtedly be on the market all-too-soon. I can't imagine anyone else living there, nor do I wish to. But I think those thoughts lurking in the back of my mind are probably what gave rise to this story.
Be well,
Lynn
