Family home been sold [I Have a Broken Family]

So my parents split in January and it’s been very messy. Today I was told my dad has brought a new house and I need to go back and help clear out everything from the family home.

I didn’t think I’d be bothered about the house been sold but suddenly it’s dawned on me that it’s going and all the memories there will be gone. I live with my partner so it’s not like I’m even there often but it just feels weird knowing when all this is done I’ll have no family home...

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stound

I like this quote in a tangentially related way -
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a: You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your shit that idea of home is gone.
s: I still feel at home in my house.
a: You'll see when you move out. It just sort of happens one day, one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I don't know maybe it's like this right of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for you kids, for the family you start. It's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place.
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