On Thursday, I said my final good-bye to my former home. It’s now 14 months since we residents of Riverview were told that our 1960’s-built, but now unsafe building would have to come down.  And the process has been slow until very recently.  On Thursday, however from as close as I could get (the property is gated and traffic is not allowed close by), the building was about half-gone, but 100% terrible-looking.  (See photo.)

I would say that my imagination has produced many life-altering situations that haven’t (thankfully) come to pass.  But I never, ever imagined I would have to leave a home because the building was unsafe for occupancy.  I’ll let someone else’s words explain that…

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”