This month my parents sold the home where they raised their family, my two brothers, my sister and me. It all happened pretty quickly. Less than a year ago Mom and Dad decided to move to sunny Florida. Once the decision was made it took less than eight months to purchase a new home more than a thousand miles away, purge sixty years of accumulated possessions, resettle in their new home and say good-bye to the house that once nurtured their family. Whew! This was no small accomplishment for two people in their 80s. On the morning of the closing for the house I took one final walk through ostensibly to make sure all was in order for the new owners, but in reality to say good-bye. As I walked through the empty rooms I remembered... I remembered that winter, long ago, when it snowed and snowed and snowed. It snowed so much we were able to build an igloo with blocks of snow. There's never been a winter quite like it. ...
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