well now it's really time to move

carol and greg told me tonight that they are going to put their house up on the market in order to start the ball rolling to move to Portland, OR to be with her daughter. i knew this time was coming, but i just hoped it wouldn't be so soon. carol and greg are like second parents to me, definitely like first grandparents to piper and they have always dropped anything and everything to help us since we've move to jacksonville. when i first met carol at the cathedral almost 8 years ago she immediately took to me and we bonded over crafting and living in our neighborhood. i started hanging out in the evenings with her making funky stuff with fabric scraps and she would come over and help me rearrange our apartment. then we moved into our first house and she and greg helped us paint and drywall and install new doors and replumb the bathroom. during a hurricane a limb went through our roof and water was pouring out of the fan in the bathroom. freaked, we called them in a panic and they both rushed over to help us stop the leak and the next morning greg came over and helped patrick patch the hole on the roof. each christmas they watch samford for over a month when we go to visit family. they've picked us up/dropped us off at the airport a dozen times. they were the first non-family visitors to come over after piper was born. they are our local emergency contact on every health/school/preschool form we have in town. when i've been sidelined by a miscarriage carol has stopped by bringing doughnuts and will clean our kitchen while i sulk on the couch in the other room. greg regularly picks piper up from preschool in the afternoons. when patrick is out of town i usually spend the night at their house in the guest room. i haven't had to purchase a pair of shoes for piper in over a year because carol always buys them for her. carol woke up early the morning of our egg transfer to sit on her couch in her sunroom and say extra special prayers that the IVF would work for us. what am i going to do without them?