07/26/2026
Over 40 years ago, my mom bought this house. She brought my sister and me home from the hospital to these walls, raised us here, and lived her entire adult life within them.
Letting go is bittersweet. But I am so grateful β grateful to have grown up in a home that was safe, loving, and full of life.
A home is more than brick and framing and square footage. Itβs the love shared between the walls. Itβs every first that happened inside them.
So thank you, 4705 San Rafael Street, for being a wonderful home to grow up in. Thank you for holding so many of lifeβs firsts. Thank you for being shelter β a refuge from the craziness of the world, and the place we could always come back to.
To the next family who calls this house home β I wish you the same love and shelter it gave us. May these walls hold just as many happy firsts and memories for you as they did for us.