AST WEEK, MY HUSBAND AND I TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND PUT OUR HOUSE UP FOR SALE. A lot of love has gone Into Our Little piece of countryside, but it’s time to downsize. We’re thinking about a condo.
My daughters, ages 22 and 18, were shocked when they learned of the plan—and then super-irritated about having to participate in the downsizing part. Later, when we signed the listing agreement, the older one cried. I cried, too. Then I recalled another time, when my mother moved from her big suburban nest into a much smaller townhouse. We were blue with memories. But she smoothed our feathers with one of her more memorable Mom-isms: “Home isn’t a place. It’s people.” That motherly sentiment fits this magazine, too. In all senses, Taste…
