Today I stopped by the acreage where I spent 13 years of my life growing up. It had previously been my Grandparents home, which my parents bought and raised my sister and I there. It's been almost 10 years since I moved away and the farm was sold, but I drive past it every day I go to work. So today I decided to pop in and see what the farm had become. To say I was beyond shocked is an understatement. When we lived there it was a beautiful and great place to grow up. Dad did a lot of work to fix up the old place and it was a home to take a lot of pride in, so what I saw today devastated me beyond description. I could almost hear the old place say "Help me" as I stood there.
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| My parents bought this home over 20 years ago. This used to be our yard. |
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| 20 years ago this was a brand new house. |
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| This was my house after I graduated from high school. It used to be a trailer addition that belonged to my Grandparents Lockhart, which my Dad converted into a guest house, which I converted into my own house. I lived in my house for 4 years. Then I moved to Barrhead after the farm was sold. |
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| The old barn and tool shed. |
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| The siding on the house is falling off and you can actually see the mould. |
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| Again my 'old house'. |
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| The old bus shed. |
After visiting the old place I tweeted the experience:
Devastated beyond words. Stopped by the acreage I grew up at to find it literally in ruins. I was in such complete shock I couldn't cry.
And some good friends left some comments:
Some times you can't go home again. Hopefully one day I'll win the lotto, buy this place back again and restore it to it's original beauty. Just wished I had some digital prints to share from when I lived there, but I didn't have a digital camera back then. Thankfully I have a lot of print photos from my time there. Guess it will always be the home I love in my heart.
2 comments:
Very sad indeed, I have wonderful memories of time I spent there with your mom and dad and you and Brianna, happy times for all. These memories will always remain in my heart
Aunty Lori
Man that sucks. I moved a lot as a kid and every single place save one has been demolished.
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