As many of you know my DH and I owned a summer cottage on Cape Cod. We finalized the sale of the house today. We had it for 44 wonderful years and have 44 years of great memories. The idea of selling was difficult for me, I love that little house. We both decided it was no longer in our best interest to keep it. I just turned 80 and Bill will be 80 next week. The care and feeding of 2 homes is becoming a burden mentally and physically.
Although we no longer have a place of our own out there we are not without a place to stay. Our oldest and youngest daughters have second homes there and have already made it very clear they expect us to take advantage of that and use them whenever we choose. And we will!
Many years ago we read an essay in the Boston Globe called "Taking the Dock." It was about closing a summer house for the winter. The last job was to pull in dock and store until spring. We always used that expression when we closed for the winter. On November 7th this year we took in the dock for the last time and today the keys were handed over to someone else. We hope they enjoy the place as much as we did. Juno