I made this meal for my Dad. Today, my parents sold my childhood home where they lived for over 52 years (when they weren’t at their summer Lake House). My Mom never seemed to like the house. Her childhood home was more spectacular. The house was supposed to be my parents’ starter home. Of course, I have many memories there, but don’t think that I will dream about and miss that house the way I have other significant homes in my life (Grandparents’ Whitestone house and the house I had when I was married), but I don’t know.

Their plan is to stay longer in their Lake House and, in the winter, stay with me when they are not on their long tropical vacations. I am looking forward to that, as I have never wanted to live alone.

Container: EasyLunchBoxes

Left Side: House – Potato cut with a cookie cutter then roasted, orange bell pepper and Cheddar cheese cut with a cookie cutter, pesto

Top Right: Pistachios

Bottom Right: Key – Cucumber cut with a cookie cutter, radish

My parents went to the closing. The photo below shows my parents passing keys to the house to the young couple who bought the house.