It was almost 6 years ago that we "up sized" from our very first home. Moving is such a hard thing, this move was going to be it for a while. We were planning on staying in our new house for a long time, it was going to be our home the girls new. Slowly as the years started to go by, we made friends with neighbors, second families were born with them. All the kids in the neighborhood were growing up together, celebrating birthdays together, making memories together.
And then the economy failed. We tried hanging onto our home for over 2 years and it just became impossible. Teacher salaries kept going down, cost of living, gas, groceries, and insurance kept going up. ML has been so dedicated to support our family and I am so proud of him. However, it became time that we make that hard decision to let our house go. It was only the Lord that new that ML would not have a job by the time it finally all went through. And we only trusted the Lord as to where our new home would be located. It has been 4 days in the new house and we are slowly making it our home. We are both mourning the loss of our old house, our old neighbors, and our old familiarity. But we know the Lord has us where He wants us and have to trust that.
In these past year or two, so many families have lost their home. We are now one of them. I only hope and pray that they have the Lord in their lives to see them through...to give them hope...to show them the positives of the change.
So to our "old" neighbors...even though we don't live across from each other we will still consider you neighbors. We will try hard to see you on a regular basis and keep up with your families. You have made a great 5 1/2 years in our home, you have made a long, lasting impression on our hearts. You will forever be friends.
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