for sale

The Cape is a fixture in my life. 

As a child, we would vacation there for two weeks every summer.

When I was in my teens, my parents got a trailer. I remember that the shower was on the ceiling of the tiny bathroom. So basically, when you took a shower, the whole bathroom got rained on.

Then, in 1978, my parents built a home in Wild Harbor Estates in North Falmouth.

It started out as a summer home, but within a few years, my parents moved there full-time. By then I was no longer living at home, but still spent tons of time visiting. 

The home was built in a gated community that has access to a beautiful, private beach. People there drive golf carts to get to/from the beach.

I can't count the number of Thanksgivings spent there. My dad carving the turkey, always.

And so many summers.

Today the house went on sale. 

SInce this home is not being replaced, it's sad. Memories will of course be kept, but so many of the things that contribute to those memories will soon be gone.

I already feel the loss.