We are moving, and I am still processing it all.
On August 20, 2013 I wrote, “Does Change Mean a Loss?”
Almost 2 years later, I find myself in this same place, asking these same questions.
Yesterday it became final: our house has sold and we have bought our new home.
Ryan and I moved into our house shortly before we got married. We have lived in this house for 7 years, and these have, quite honestly, been the best years of my life.
I will never forget the day we walked in, the feeling we had that this was it. This was the house where we would start our married life. This was the house where we would start a family. This was the house that we would make a home here in California.
And it has been all of these things.
These past 7 years have proven good and great, hard and trying, but they have always been sprinkled with love and honesty, care and laughter.
I laid awake last night thinking about all that has happened here, and then that awful pit in my stomach hit briefly. Are we really ready to leave this home behind? But like the Jetta, this house is only a physical loss. The memories from this house we take with us.
I traded my Jetta for an Acadia because we needed something bigger for the arrival of Samarah.
We are trading in this house for our new one for very similar reasons…..the arrival of a new little one. We don’t know who he or she or they are yet, but it doesn’t matter. Samarah was better than our wildest dreams, and we know the Lord has plans (honestly, I think He is really planning because this all happened so fast)!
Before falling asleep one last time last night, I reminded myself that when Ryan and I first walked into the house which will be our new home for the first time, my first thought was, “this is it. This is the house where we will grow our family.”
Change is never easy, but I have to be honest –> I am so excited for this one!
{For the record: we are moving from the town we currently live in to another nearby. I’m not ready yet to talk about the new house (but let’s just say, for fun, that it’s my dream “farm-style” house in a private, little community). When I’m ready to talk about it, I’ll be sharing what we’re doing there, how we’re decorating, what we’re cooking, etc. etc. I’m truly hoping to get back to my passions of blogging and storytelling about life. It’s going to be so fun!}
Xox,
SKH
