I'm 30 years old and both my parents are now gone. I lost my mom back in 2012 and lost my dad back in November of last year. I miss them both so much but dad's death has really been taking a toll on me. He was so sick the last year and a half of his life. I think to myself sometimes I would sell my soul to the devil himself to let me have just a few days with him healthy again so we could do some things together. But, I'll never get that chance.
I moved back home 3 years ago when he was diagnosed with colon cancer and I had been his caregiver up until he passed. I'm currently still living in my childhood home which is now mine. My problem is that I'm never living in the present. I'm constantly thinking about the past or future. Mostly the past. I couldn't have asked for better parents. They gave me a great childhood and I've been going through and packing up old pictures and VHS tapes my mom recorded when I was a child. Christmas, Halloween, birthdays, etc. I've been digitizing the VHS tapes onto my computer and I just ache to go back to those times when everybody was healthy and happy. I'm so thankful my mom kept up with all these memories. I wouldn't take a million dollars for them.
I feel like I'll never feel happiness like those times again. Now it's just me and my dog which I consider a hero of mine because if I didn't have him with me right now I would probably go crazy. How do I move on? Should I move out of my childhood home? I promised my mom I wouldn't sell the house since grandad built it back in 1934. But I paid off the house 4 years ago so it will always be here. I just don't know what to do with my life anymore. I can't make up my mind about anything and I just feel so lost sometimes.