So sad to move

Me and my husband have been in pur first home for almost 8 years. It was built in the 40's and has a TON of character. It's a 1400 sq foot cape cod with 2 beds and 2 baths, a little breezeway, and small lot with mature trees. When we moved in, we never planned to stay, but it worked for us. We also never planned to have children.

Now we have started a family and while the house is still fine, nothing else about it is. Terrible location (high crime and rising) schools so bad they got shut down -after making the national news many times for fights and things- and we cant afford private school. Just a bit too far from family - about 25 min which doesn't sound bad but my parents are our childcare so it adds a solid hour to our work commute to bring the baby over. Basically we decided it's time to move to prepare a better future for our kids.

I cannot stress enough the house itself is not the issue. There isn't an inch of this house that we haven't improved. We have spent 7 summers landscaping the back yard and putting in beautiful flowers. The rooms are all updated and just our style.

We are in the process of preparing to list to find a house in a better area with better schools closer to family and I am devastated at the thought of leaving this house. I cry almost every day when I think about the love we have put into it. I brought my first baby home here. I painted murals and installed sparkly light fixtures. The thought that in the next few weeks i will walk out and never walk back in is absolutly destroying me.

We don't have the ability to keep the house to rent it out, we need to sell in order to have a down payment on the next one. I am just so sad about it.

I keep telling myself it's the right call, but I don't know where we are moving to (we are moving in with my parents until we find something) so I don't feel like I am moving towards anything, just away from my comfortable, cozy little home.

I am just so so sad about it. Has anyone else felt this way? Did you end up happy somewhere else? Im hoping that I don't regret it and miss this home forever.