Letting Go of Childhood Homes

Dear Millennial With Megan Tan

Megan Tan

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Megan explores the emotional journey of saying goodbye to her childhood home, unlocking family memories and healing along the way. Joined by Cari, whose family once owned the house Megan currently lives in, they reflect on the significance of spaces and the physical doors that connect us to our past. Dive into this rebroadcasted episode as it discuss family legacies, childhood memories, and the profound impact of parting ways with a home that shaped us. If you had to give up your childhood home and have an experience to share, email me at [email protected] or call (442) 444-0756‬‬ and leave a voicemail. ********** If you want to support the new iteration of Millennial become a member. Go to Patreon.com/DearMillennial. With your membership you'll have access to behind-the-scenes footage, extended cuts, and will be able to vote on what you want the show to talk about. Follow Megan at @meganleetan and the show @millennialpodcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello. Hi, is this Carrie? It is Megan. How are you this morning? I'm good. The other day I heard a knock on my door and standing in front of me as a short woman with magazine hair.
0:15.4	When I first saw you, I was like, who's this woman with this incredible haircut?
0:21.8	My mom used to just hate it when I was showing, she's just mop straight.
0:28.0	Anyway, now it's the only thing I get compliments on.
0:32.0	When I opened the only thing I get compliments on.
0:33.4	When I opened the door, I thought,
0:35.3	this woman with a rock star haircut
0:37.2	was there to ask me if I was reading the Bible.
0:39.8	She would tell me about Jesus.
0:41.2	I would tell her about Buddhism. So I guess I was curious what made
0:46.0	you decide to come over to the house the other day. But we actually didn't talk about
0:50.8	any of that. I was just checking in on the neighborhood actually
0:54.5	seeing where things were and I still have interest in that door. For 13 years
1:00.9	Carrie has been thinking about my front door.
1:03.6	Yeah, so tell me about this door.
1:06.4	What do you love about it so much?
1:08.6	That door just has memories for me and when we went to sell in 2011 I asked my family for that door and
1:18.8	they thought well it kind of goes with the house.
1:23.0	So I didn't get it. Cary wanted the door because it reminds her of her father who
1:34.7	refinished it multiple times. It also reminds her of her mother, the woman
1:39.5	who insisted that their family photos be taken in front of that door.
1:43.0	And because it reminds her of her life as a child,
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