Saying Goodbye

by The Rolling Russells

Today we say goodbye to the place we’ve called home for the last four years.

We moved to Albertville/Boaz right after I graduated from JSU for a teaching job. After that chapter closed, we decided to stay anyway and turn Boaz into our home. It’s where we bought our first home, brought our bus home, and made family and friends we will never forget.

Now we’re off to a new adventure.

Leaving today seems so surreal. I think it will be a while before it clicks that we no longer have a house to come back to. 😳 But this is the real deal now, and there’s no turning back.

All the preparations have been made. The house is clean and has been turned over to a property manager (hit up Caldwell Bankers in Albertville if you know someone who wants to rent a super cute 3-bedroom house 😍), my car has been sold, our mail has been forwarded, and we’ve said our goodbyes.

I don’t know when we’ll be back. That’s part of the beauty of having a house with wheels – we’ll just go where the road takes us. But I can’t help but feel a little bittersweet leaving this town and the family that we’ve made behind.

So, to all if you Sand Mountain people reading – we love you and we’ll come back to visit. Just look for the bus driving down 431. 🚌

-Rachel

10 thoughts on “Saying Goodbye”

  1. Words can’t express what you two have come to mean to me and so many others in these short four years.. I pray that your dreams will be all that you imagine them to be. Please stay in touch and I will be watching for that bus on 431…love y’all

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  2. I will miss you guys SO much !! Please don’t forget us & come back to visit often!! Y’all have been such a blessing to all of us at Crestview!! Please enjoy your new journey & stay safe!! Love you both so much!!

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  4. This is Joyce——-we love y’all so much and we’re going to miss you like crazy! Y’all were like a ray of sunshine in our congregation and I know you will carry that wherever you go!! Please be careful and don’t forget us!! Go with God!!! Love y’all!!😊

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  5. OMG!!! I just stumbled across one of your YouTube videos (front door redo) and followed the link to your blog. We are about 3 months into our skoolie conversion and also live on Sand Mountain. I graduated from Albertville and my husband from Guntersville. We now live in Geraldine. I couldn’t resist saying hi. 🙂 Hope yall are well.

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