The decision to move… and anxiety rising!
We made the decision a couple of weeks ago (for a number of reasons) that we were going to sell our house and move. After a ‘mini makeover’ and a spring clean, the sales campaign is now up and running - much to Jack’s disgust.
Jack isn’t big on surprises (especially when they relate to change) so we decided it was best to explain what was happening right from the start. He seemed to take to the idea to begin with and then the anxiety set in after he had processed it for a while. He says he doesn’t want to move, and if he really has to then we need to take our house with us to a new block of land.
We are struggling with ideas on how to help him get comfortable with the move. We have talked about the fact that we take all our belongings, and that we all go but he just puts up a fight over it.
The trouble is that we’re not sure where we are moving to yet so we can’t give him a definite plan. Soon enough things will be a lot clearer, but for the mean time we are now trying to avoid the topic unless absolutely necessary.
Sometimes you think you are doing the right thing (in explaining early on what is happening), but what has always worked before may just not this time. Oh the joys of it all!
September 15th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
I think my girls would cope quite well with a move but it would take more than a spring-clean and a mini-makeover to get it ready to move. I come out in a sweat whenever I think about it!
September 15th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Hi Allyson,
To be honest, I’m in a sweat thinking about the packing - now that will be a challenge!