A Change and a Parting

Years and decades ago my mother visited the Amana Colonies in Iowa and brought home a book about the changes in store for the Amish/Mennonite type of culture. The story trajectory was not really my cup of tea, but the title resonated. A Change and a Parting. So many pivotal moments later, those words again appropriately define the selling of my old home. I've not shared photos of the  vandalism it had endured. Incredibly, after a jury trial and a guilty verdict, the boy charged who was found IN MY YARD received a fine judgement of merely $27. On advice of the sheriff I had paid him $230 before arrest via a friend for a lamp from my own home! So he netted $203! From me in cash! Plus all the other items he and his friends fenced. Eventually he did some time for selling meth. 

Here are a few photos of my home after the pillage!