As many of you know, my entire family is in Oklahoma. We have always really debated about going back. But we love Texas! I love the girl's schools, I love our home, and we have built a life here. J and I had been feeling something about maybe moving back though. We talked about it, debated it, went back and forth on it, and finally just decided to have a realtor come out and take a look at the house. We basically just got some ideas on what we would need to do to get our house ready in case we did decide to ever move. We got his advice and he told us to contact him if we ever felt ready to sell. We decided to pray about it but to stay put and let God guide and direct us if He wanted us to move. That was about 6 months ago.
All this craziness started back at the end of August. I was actually in OK watching Scarlett while my sister went back to work. J called me and told me that the realtor had called and asked if we were at all interested in selling because a couple wanted to look at our house! At first I thought he was joking. How can that even be possible!? We don't even have a For Sale sign in our yard!! I was shocked and I still cannot believe we got that call. After thinking about it, we decided to show it. I never in my wildest dreams thought it would be more than just a showing. Well, J had to get the house ready while I barked orders at him all the way from OK. I was a nervous wreck. I also had mixed emotions about all of it!
To make a long story short, the couple came to look at, liked it, and gave us an offer. This family actually lives in our neighborhood and wanted to upgrade. During this whole process, we had been on our knees in prayer asking God to give us the direction we so desperately needed. He put a peace in our hearts and we accepted the offer. We felt this was a sign since we had put no effort into selling. How often do you have a family that wants to buy your home and it's not even for sale!!
Then we had to decide do we move to OK now and pull the girls out from their schools or wait? We talked to the realtor about possibly renting in our neighborhood but he said it might be a little difficult since most people want you to sign a year contract. He said he would look around and try and find something.
Well, he got back to us and come to find out, the family buying our house couldn't decide what to do with their house so they said they would be willing to let us rent until we move to OK! So we are flip-flopping houses! So so strange.
This entire process has just flown by. We close this Friday and our move date is scheduled for October 19. I have spent the past month packing away. It's consumed me. But this has been very, very, very emotional for me. First off, I LOVE our house. It has been a good house and for the nearly 6 years we have lived here, it's been full of wonderful, sweet memories. I have cried a lot.
Especially when I come across stuff like this!!
I secretly ran over and put the girls initials on the sidewalk in the wet cement when the house next door to us was being built!
Second, I truly never, ever, ever, ever thought about moving back to OK. And I truly never, ever, ever, EVER thought about moving back to my home town!! Mustang, OK!! Really???
We have had lots of time to think, reflect, and pray about this. I do feel that God wants us there because of our adoption. I feel that being by my family and having their support will be a huge blessing to us. I can't lie though--living by my parents and my sister and her family makes me really really really excited!! I would love for my girls and Scarlett to grow up together and to maybe even go to the same schools! So, even though this is super hard, I feel it's what He wants for us.
The girls are crazy excited. I actually think they would be okay with moving now! But moving at the end of the school year is better. It gives us time to decide on a house, if we want to build a house, and to save some money while renting.
The Lord is working on us. Changing churches, changing homes, changing our lives...it's truly from God because I don't like change. I hate it. But change is what life is all about and thankfully God has given me a peace about this new journey we are about to begin.
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