This is the story of my life so far: 69 years and counting.
Prequel: A Brief History of my Family in France
The story starts here
Previous episode: Part 126
In 2006. Roseline and her daughter Faith were still living in our house on Romaniuk drive, in Richmond.
I had never before had children in my house before the age of three, but I have had Faith in our house from birth.
Gaëlle had stayed in Seattle at the University of Washington for only two years, and she had been back in Richmond. We had managed for her to become a "landed immigrant" (permanent resident).
Betty was then living with her second serious boyfriend and she had given birth to Nathaneil, my first grandson, in January 2005.
Roseline was 28 years old and Gaëlle was 22, but neither of them was ready to leave and be independent of dad.
I wanted to buy a weekend and vacation house not too far from Vancouver, but I had realized that I could not do it without selling our house in Richmond.
As I did not want to kick them out of the house, I explained to them that I wanted to sell the house. I rented an apartment in Vancouver and I told my two daughters that they could stay as long as they wanted in the house, but as long as they stayed, I would not be able to sell the house and buy another one.
The 3 bedroom apartment I had rented was in fact the upper half of a house, with two one-bedroom apartments on the lower floor.
I was sleeping in the master bedroom and using one of the other bedrooms as my office. The third bedroom was for Gaëlle, if she wanted to live with me, but she never stayed permanently in the apartment, only occasionally.
It took my two daughters several months before they left the house on Romaniuk drive. When they were ready to leave, I started to look for a house where my daughters would be happy to spend weekends and vacations.
Continue to Part 128
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Summary
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7
Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 Part 11 - Part 12 - Part 13 - Part 14
Part 15 - Part 16 - Part 17 - Part 18 - Part 19 - Part 20 - Part 21
Part 22 - Part 23 - Part 24 - Part 25 - Part 26 - Part 27 - Part 28
Part 29 - Part 30 - Part 31 - Part 32 - Part 33 - Part 34 - Part 35
Part 36 - Part 37 - Part 38 - Part 39 - Part 40 - Part 41 - Part 42
Part 43 - Part 44 - Part 45 - Part 46 - Part 47 - Part 48 - Part 49
Part 50 - Part 51 - Part 52 - Part 53 - Part 54 - Part 55 - Part 56
Part 57 - Part 58 - Part 59 - Part 60 - Part 61 - Part 62 - Part 63
Part 64 - Part 65 - Part 66 - Part 67 - Part 68 - Part 69 - Part 70
Part 71 - Part 72 - Part 73 - Part 74 - Part 75 - Part 76 - Part 77
Part 78 - Part 79 - Part 80 - Part 81 - Part 82 - Part 83 - Part 84
Part 85 - Part 86 - Part 87 - Part 88 - Part 89 - Part 90 - Part 91
Part 92 - Part 93 - Part 94 - Part 95 - Part 96 - Part 97 - Part 98
Part 99 - Part 100 - Part 101 - Part 102 - Part 103 - Part 104
Part 105 - Part 106 - Part 107 - Part 108 - Part 109 - Part 110
Part 111 - Part 112 - Part 113 - Part 114 - Part 115 - Part 116
Part 117 - Part 118 - Part 119 - Part 120 - Part 121 - Part 122
Part 123 - Part 124 - Part 125 - Part 126
Dad, Nate was born January 28th 2005! Not 2015
But of course!
nice this part. i have a question if You Don't mind Sir @vcelier how many part of this story???
So far, 127.
As I write the story as I post the parts, I still don't know how many parts on total, but I expected that it would be less that 150.
When I read your story, I am being emotional, so To be Please continue
Is your vacation/ weekend house not just your house seen that you are selling the other one? 😀😀
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I don't understand your question.
Will you live in your weekend house all of the time if your other house sells?
You will have to wait for the rest of the story to know that!