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February 18, 2026
A moment that changed me: my parents sold my childhood home
It felt scary not to have ‘home’ to go back to. But it was also the start of something new: an experiment in multigenerational living and building a house with zero experience
TL;DR
- The author reflects on treasured weekend breakfast rituals at her parents' suburban home.
- Her parents sold their house and moved into a bungalow built in the author's garden after she and her partner moved back to Yorkshire with their three children.
- Packing up her parents' house evoked feelings of a massive goodbye and loss of a childhood refuge.
- The final breakfast in the empty house was a poignant moment, with her father expressing optimism about the future.
- This experience led the author to view the move not as a loss, but as the start of an adventure in multigenerational living and future-proofing their family.
- She learned that future-proofing involves optimism and logistics, and new rituals are being created in their shared living arrangement.
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