When the Childhood Home Is Sold: Grieving What Was, What Wasn’t, and What Could Have Been

The sale of a childhood home brings a unique kind of grief—one layered with memories, missed moments, and questions about what could have been. In this blog, I reflect on my own experience of watching my mum let go of our family home, the bittersweet emotions that surfaced, and how growing up with an absent father shaped the way I processed this transition. It's about honouring both the excitement for a new chapter and the weight of everything that home held.