Rituals for leaving a house you don't want to leave?

Post date: 2020-01-15 07:13:28

My good pal is shortly moving out of a house she has loved, in a place she has loved, for a bunch of sad reasons. What's a good way to say goodbye to the house?

Sad things happened to a close friend: layoff + extended unemployment; the end of a long-term relationship; financial crisis; geographic issues; being left with literally zero genetic family. Now she is forced to sell her beloved home and leave the city where she has been super happy and found a real sense of community. (That part is totally nonnegotiable because reasons; no suggestions needed.)

She is very sad about a lot of things, but one biggie is leaving this specific house, which she has loved and which she thought would be her forever home. How can she ritualize or memorialize leaving it? We both thought of "take a lot of photos" as an obvious way, but is there more? Will entertain all suggestions that aren't crazy expensive. She has no money but I am willing to spend something to make this happen.

Caveat: the home is in a desirable place and may be sold quickly and without ever being formally on the market, so there never may be beautiful photos taken by the real estate agent, or beautiful staging done. So the home itself is in a bit of disarray and may stay that way -- full of moving boxes, etc. And I live in a different state.

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