We are leaving tomorrow at an all too early time. I do not know for sure if I will be back here. The buyers now have a contract on their house which kicks in a countdown for us. I hope that the liquidators will be able to handle things, but if not, I am prepared to return. Now after nine months of labor, trying to settle my father’s estate, I find myself ambivalent about our goal. Sure, it would be impractical to keep the place, and we will make a lot of money selling the place, but I miss this house already. I am reminded of a similar choice that my mother’s generation made. After the death of her father, their decision was made to sell “the pond”, a resort on Stafford Pond that the family owned and he had cared for. The logic then for that sale was sound, just as is our logic now for selling. It is just sad, especially considering what Anne’s family property, the cabin has done and means for her family. I just question whether what we are doing is right. When Harry sold his house, I did not see any questioning of his decision. Is this sale any different? Through the ups and downs of this process I have come to call this property the white elephant. Both its decor and its layout match this description. It is quite valuable, hard to sell and too expensive to keep. Still, it represents the culmination of my parent’s dreams.