It has been a crazy few weeks. We moved out of our house, the only house that our girls have ever known. Since our new house was not ready yet, we bunked with my parents for a couple of weeks. Then, when we finally closed on our new house, we moved in with just the girls beds, an air mattress for hubs & I, and not much else!
The first few days were interesting! We did not have much, but it was the best time. It was enjoyable to have the closeness with not a whole lot of stuff to get in the way of family time.
Moving all of our stuff was a very, very, very long day. But let me just say that we had so much help and that made things go a lot better. It was so great to see the love of so many people that were just wanting to help us, with nothing in return.
Unpacking... oh the unpacking... It is no fun! LoL One bag at a time. One box at a time.
We are not even 1/2 way through the unpacking yet. But we are making progress.
It is a little humbling to see how much junk we have accumulated over the years. There are so many people who need things, and yet we have an abundance of stuff that we just do not need.
I am so very thankful we downsized on our house size. The whole family is so much happier since we have been here. The dogs included. We have just been able to really spend so much more time together as a family, which is something we were all longing for.
Discovering the true meaning of family has been a memory that I could never explain. Every family needs to have the closeness that we have been discovering lately.
Family is around. The girls have had more family around them lately than they have since they were born. It has been truly amazing to see family more. And plan things more often to keep more family around them, and us.
So hopefully now that things have settled down some I will be able to blog more often and keep ya'll up to date on everything!
Until then, Sincerely,
A Very Happy Girl
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Still trusting God
Well, it has been a while since I have taken the time to sit down and talk about anything. Not sure if anyone has missed me or not, but I wanted to let you know that I am still here.
The move is still at a stand-still. We are waiting to close and are tentatively scheduled to do so tomorrow. Then that will give us two weeks to get everything out of our old house before we are set to close on that one. Which should be good enough I would think. Maybe.
But it has taught me a lot about relaxing as much as I can. See, I have made myself just enjoy the time with my girls. Yes I still get stressed. Yes it is too much to handle some moments. Yes I still cannot wait on my husband to get home so that he can share in the parenting duties. But I have made myself relax throughout the day since there is so much about a move that you cannot control.
Somehow I have been getting less and less sleep every night though - which I am not sure how that is happening. Probably because the girls miss their beds & I miss them having their own rooms so they do not wake one another up. But this too I know is temporary and almost done. I am just so grateful that my parents have allowed us to shake up their lives for a couple weeks.
It is times like this when you really find out how strong your family is. I know that my family is not the normal family anymore (my parents are about to celebrate 38 years married!), but it is so wonderful to know that we have the love and support to get us through the trying times.
I have been thinking and wondering how others make this work if they do not have the support like we have been blessed with. It makes me realize that there will probably be a time or two in our future where we can be the help that someone else needs. That God will give us the opportunity to pay this hospitality forward to someone else.
Never stop looking for those moments when you can be that blessing that someone else needs. When you can help someone get through a tough moment in their life just as you have been helped through one yourself. I know there is a reason for everything, and hopefully this will be our last big move (since we have now done this too many times) that we have to go through...
No matter how hard the days are and how much stress there is from organizing a sell, buy and move at the same time with different realtors, inspectors, mortgage companies and requirements... I know that God has had His hand in all of this and made it go so much more smoothly than I could have ever imagined. There is no way this would be happening at the speed and rate that it is without God having it all planned out from the start.
So when things look like they are too much to handle, or they just seem to be too hard or stressful, remember to turn to God and let Him handle the aspects that are just too much for us humans to deal with. He will do a much better job at it anyway!
Sincerely,
A Mom On The Move
The move is still at a stand-still. We are waiting to close and are tentatively scheduled to do so tomorrow. Then that will give us two weeks to get everything out of our old house before we are set to close on that one. Which should be good enough I would think. Maybe.
But it has taught me a lot about relaxing as much as I can. See, I have made myself just enjoy the time with my girls. Yes I still get stressed. Yes it is too much to handle some moments. Yes I still cannot wait on my husband to get home so that he can share in the parenting duties. But I have made myself relax throughout the day since there is so much about a move that you cannot control.
Somehow I have been getting less and less sleep every night though - which I am not sure how that is happening. Probably because the girls miss their beds & I miss them having their own rooms so they do not wake one another up. But this too I know is temporary and almost done. I am just so grateful that my parents have allowed us to shake up their lives for a couple weeks.
It is times like this when you really find out how strong your family is. I know that my family is not the normal family anymore (my parents are about to celebrate 38 years married!), but it is so wonderful to know that we have the love and support to get us through the trying times.
I have been thinking and wondering how others make this work if they do not have the support like we have been blessed with. It makes me realize that there will probably be a time or two in our future where we can be the help that someone else needs. That God will give us the opportunity to pay this hospitality forward to someone else.
Never stop looking for those moments when you can be that blessing that someone else needs. When you can help someone get through a tough moment in their life just as you have been helped through one yourself. I know there is a reason for everything, and hopefully this will be our last big move (since we have now done this too many times) that we have to go through...
No matter how hard the days are and how much stress there is from organizing a sell, buy and move at the same time with different realtors, inspectors, mortgage companies and requirements... I know that God has had His hand in all of this and made it go so much more smoothly than I could have ever imagined. There is no way this would be happening at the speed and rate that it is without God having it all planned out from the start.
So when things look like they are too much to handle, or they just seem to be too hard or stressful, remember to turn to God and let Him handle the aspects that are just too much for us humans to deal with. He will do a much better job at it anyway!
Sincerely,
A Mom On The Move
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