Financial issues are a personal thing. Circumstances can vary from one individual to the next. Numbers can create different stresses for different people. For our little family, two numbers painted the picture of the Great Recession…
53 months – we owned two houses, in two states, and all of the joys and pressures that two homes and two mortgage payments bring.
5 months – we owned three houses, spanning 734 miles, and the backbreaking pain of three mortgages, three sets of utility payments, three sets of insurance, three sets of worry.
In April, the sun started to rise on our corner of the world and one house sold. Today, the Great Recession finally ended for our family. Our last home sold. Keys delivered. Moving truck pulled up to the front door. New starts made.
We loved our last house. We loved its character. We loved its history. We loved our friends that surrounded our beloved home and filled us with strength for so many challenging years. Today, we said goodbye. Memories to cherish. Memories that will forever remain.
For those of you still mired in daily struggle and looking for a sign of hope, I can report that there is another side. A wonderful, beautiful other side. A side where a spring will return to your step. A side where sunshine will spill into your heart. A side filled with the promise of a bright future. A future that started for us today. For us, the Great Recession finally ended. Time to start again. What a wonderful feeling… almost worth the wait.
Wonderful that you are finally relieved of three houses. See you next week at the Cottage in the Grove.
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We remember some lovely times in your Wichita home, but we sure didn’t want it to become such a long time challenge. Glad you are down to one house in one town. The first farm my parents bought was 120 acres and over the years they added some more land, the first parcel was 60 acres, and it and another tract were across the river and a couple miles more from the “home place” and at one point my mom said, next time we buy a farm it needs to be all in one piece. It was worrisome to have the farm equipment on Highway 218 and through a bit of the little town by our farm. My brother followed the family plan tho’ and purchased a tract a bit farther from the home farm, tho’ it was close to my aunt and uncle’s place. So glad that when you take a long car trip it will be for a happy adventure instead of a taking care of the far away house!
Yes indeed, our days as the “Reluctant Land Barons” are over 🙂
Yahoo! Freedom at last for your minds! Can imagine you
all doing a freedom dance! Thanks for the hope. We will
cling to your words!!! mari+pat
Indeed, little by little we shall all make it to the other side 🙂