Saying goodbye to Paris,TX

These last few weeks have been hard for my parents, siblings, and me.  In April, my dad's job talked of down sizing and let people know that if not enough employees volunteered to leave that they would start requesting them to do so  My dad immediately put his application on Monster.com and within 3 days had interviews with companies all over.  One company that was interested in him was still in Texas (what he preferred).   After interviewing with this company for 3 weeks they offered him a position as a reliability engineer.  He took the job and they put the house up for sale hoping it would sale within the next few months or within less than a year.  Little did my parents know, God had plans for their move to be quick.  The house sold within being on the market in 3 weeks.  I was shocked and so were they.  Today my parents are officially signing the house over to the new owners.  In the last week my parents, siblings, and I have been upset with the thought of saying goodbye to the house.  I am also sad about saying goodbye to those friends I hung out with every time I went to visit Paris for holidays.  

   I am going to miss Chancey and her children.  Chancey and I have been friends since 4th grade and still keep in touch on a regular basis.  I was there the day after her daughter  was born and have been in their lives for years.  Her daughter would even ask at the age of 3 "When is Cannis coming to pend the night wif me."  Along with Chancey will be my cousin Amber.  who I have so much fun with when I get a chance to see her.  At least I can see her whenever we have family reunions which makes me feel a little better.  I will miss getting to go down the road to visit Merita Head and see how Leslie and Kellie are doing.  

   It is hard to say goodbye, but at the same time I know that God has a hand in all of this because everything is transitioning so quickly for my parents to move from Paris to Burleson,TX.