Well, D is now employed! He starts next Monday. One minute I'm excited, the next nervous. We will be moving from where we have lived for 14 years. That is the longest either one of us have lived in one place. We told our kids Saturday night. The two oldest were fine with it, which I thought they would be. Our youngest, well lets just say I think we put her in therapy for another 15 years! She was not happy. She grew up here, and she is very sentimental. Saves everything, and I mean everything! She doesn't want to leave our house. She helped put the fence up, helped her Dad put the french doors up inside. Anyway, by the time she left last night, she was doing better. The good thing is, it won't be for about 6 months or so, so she has time to adjust to the idea.
But on the good side, D is very happy. He really likes the owner of the company, and that is who he will be reporting to. No one in between them. Here in his job, it was just him, trying to start up an office for the company he worked for. He had no help, no secretarial help, and he is not a typist at all. He hunt and pecks. They expected him to market, do proposals, and put them together by himself. They wouldn't even buy a copy machine for the office. He made many trips to Kinkos. So this will be a big change for him. A good one.
I want to thank all of you that have been sending me good wishes, hugs, and prayers. It has helped so much having you to vent to. I really appreciate you guys!
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WAY TO GO D! Congrats to you both! I work for a moving company, so my advice to you is: let your youngest help pack, especially her things and try to keep her things last to be packed. Buy her a special bag that she can put her most treasured items in so they can be with her throughout the entire move. It's good you all sat down and talked about the move, she will be fine, take lots of pictures the next few months and make a scrapbook WITH your child as well. Good luck, anymore moving questions, don't hesitate to ask! Hugs to you!
Sandy, I can't tell you how happy I am for you and your family. I love that city you are going to and I hope you will as well!
Talk with you soon!
I am so happy that something finally came through for your husband. I hope everything continues to go well. Your daughter will eventually adjust. I agree with mom of 1, get her involved as much as you can.
Oh Sandy I am so happy for you guys I swear if I were there I'd have my arms around your neck huggin ya!!!
Oh thank you God!!!
I'm sorry for your daughter though, the moving thing isn't going to be easy but she'll get through it. Just go easy and keep the new move really upbeat.
Oh I forgot to tell you, there are some ways to help make the move easier for her.
You've already covered telling her enough in advance so it's not such a shock to her. That was good! It can help to visit the new house, neighborhood ,school so she will have an idea of what to expect and look forward to. If it's too far to visit they might have brochures
you could send for. If she's leaving behind friends perhaps she can have a moving party. Let her help plan it and make sure she takes lots of pictures and gets her friends addresses so they can keep in touch. After the move encourage her to write and call them. You can also help her make a memory book of the old place. Have her take pictures of any old thing she think she will miss and if possible it can be made into a scrapbook and she can write descriptions next to the photo of why it is special to her.
You can also try giving her things to look forward to. Like planting a new flower garden, or decorating her new bedroom.
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