When Welcome Means Goodbye

A couple of years ago when I arrived back in New Zealand for a visit, Lisa had made this huge Welcome Home sign. (You can't see the W but it is up there on the left).

Tonight - my last night in New Zealand for this trip - I am staying with Lisa. They have sold their house and everything is all but gone. So my bed is a mattress on the floor, and the old Welcome Home sign. (All the bedding is packed up too). Quite cool I thought.

I left Tauranga this afternoon after a family lunch at my sister's. It was very hard leaving my Mum after all we have been through in the past 6 months, but I am happy she is in a good place and will be taken care of. I'll be back in 6 months.