My Scottish grandmother and I outside her home in Cape Town
My grandparents bought a house in Cape Town in 1977, and made it their home. It was near the sea and you could catch a view of Table Mountain from a certain angle. We lived in Johannesburg (two-hour flight away), so used to go there on holidays. When I became a teenager, I discovered how similar in nature I was to my grandmother. We seemed to have similar quirks and oddities (many of which I’m pleased to say I have outgrown!) I felt closest to her than anyone. After my grandparents passed away, a relative moved into the house, which has now been sold, and my relative moved out yesterday. The house is ready for its new owners.
I remember when my husband and I packed up our home in Johannesburg. The moving company came and collected all the boxes and I remember sitting on the step thinking, the next time I see these boxes I will be on a different continent and have no idea where I will be unpacking them! It was a strange feeling. I waited for my husband to arrive home, and we drove to my mother-in-law. She had made up beds for us in the dining room, my defacto home for the next six weeks, while my husband went ahead of us in our move to Sydney. When we arrived on the Monday night, she made us tea and offered us homemade carrot cake. A lovely welcome, for a strange night of ours lives!
Tides come and go. Flowers bloom and die. Homes and hearts so welcoming, at some point, perhaps so far in the future it may seem, they cease to be, and are simply no more.
Replaced with new homes and new hearts.
Poems and Petals 
Reblogged this on perfectlyfadeddelusions.
LikeLike
How beautiful soul you are dear Vonita, you almost made me to feel them and also I remembered my own moves too. Thank you, love, nia
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you for your kind words, nia! Wishing you a lovely day, well, it’s a new day where I am! Xx
LikeLiked by 1 person
Love this post Vonita! so true about life!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Lynz, everything changes and nothing stays the same! Xx
LikeLiked by 1 person
yes! one of my favorite songs, everything must change!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Nothing is meant to remain forever in this world. I unerstand your melancholy about it. But if it would, we had no room to for bringing up new things or developing ourselves. That would be pretty frustrating over time. 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
It would, Erika. The post is more to allow an outlet for my thoughts and feelings so that they are released, and not caught up within. 💝
LikeLiked by 1 person
I totally get you! I know that you wouldn’t want to be stuck. But at times it is interesting to just watch how times and periods seem to fly by.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I know! They do just seem to fly by! It’s amazing to think how different my life is now compared to how it was then. I couldn’t even imagine it. Xx
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, that is crazy at times. When I think back at me about 15 years ago I appear to myself as a different person. But then again, when I think back of me as a child this feels so very familiar. I think it is because I lost mysefl and I am closer now again to my inner being – as I was as a child 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person