Pentecôte weekend for the Bolze family is a great moment for one of their family reunions, sadly on the brink of extinction in many other families. However, there was some trouble in the air during this family reunion with the possibility of it being the last, or one of the last, at the great-grandparents's domaine in the south-east of France. The domaine is known to the family as Le Deven. It was purchased by Louis Bolze quite some time ago, where he and his wife raised his children. Now, it is family home but hardly ever used and run-down for lack of continual upkeep. The family is looking to sell for the house represents too much work to renovate and maintain, considering the number of times it is used in a year.
The selling of the home has struck a cord in many, of course. One look through the living room is enough to see how replete the house is of memories. There are pictures depicting no less than six generations of the Bolze family, complete with names and years. You can trace down the lineage from Louis Bolze's father (b. mid-1800's) to one of the last arrivals, Ines, a little girl adopted from Columbia in 2006.
I am glad I got to see the house during a family reunion this past weekend. Though I understand how much work the house needs, I can also understand the sorrow of the family's militants who, despite all the costs and work, desperately wanted to keep it so they could see their children enjoy it on hot summer weekends.
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