Hi everyone, welcome to Thanks for Being Here, a short weekly pod to remind us of the many essential and beautiful ways we affect one another.

Every Sunday, I'll read a submission from a listener of Kelly Corrigan Wonders.

Could be wedding vows or a bat mitzvah toast, a eulogy, or retirement speech.

We believe this is probably the loveliest way

to tap into our better selves

and remember our highest values.

We encourage you to share this podcast

each week with one person you love.

Maybe someone you miss

and need to bring closer,

someone you want to feel your appreciation

or admiration or both.

This is thanks for being here.

Today's thanks for being here comes from Katie Dom.

Hey there, I had to share this.

Because the sale of a family home is bigger grief than I had ever

expected and we are just starting the process. I put this on Facebook and after I wrote it, I thought

of your Sunday shows. It reminds me of things I hear and I think what I feel is what so many other

people feel when the sign goes up on the family's front lawn, gut-wrenching.

I'm 50 and recognizing I actually need less space, a first floor primary, as they now call it,

and a shower, which are all the things forcing my dad out. I have cried buckets of tears,

but I know a family awaits this home to make new memories,

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