Watching the home where you will raise your family materialize piece by piece is an emotional process for me. I know every inch of it, every fine detail, every single thing about it. All of which I so carefully and purposefully planned and selected over several months. I can’t even drive onto the street without tearing up. It means SO much to me.
On friday Ritter and I held hands and prayed very specific payers over this home. We prayed for it to be filled with love and laughter and family for a very very long time. We prayed for safety. We prayed for protection.
We gave thanks. So much thanks. For it is only by the grace of God that this is a reality. For me, this home represents something that I always craved and never received …until I created it for myself. Stability. It was such a long journey from such a lost place -and some days I don’t even understand how I got here.
I can sit and praise myself for my hard work, my study habits, my perseverance, my insight, my choosing Eric (which was a mighty fine choice), or any other number of things that you might think led to this moment in my life. But I’m not a fool…it was all God’s doing. Every single detail of this journey. I am just grateful that I was wise enough to recognize those open doors and take the path laid out for me. I so easily could have allowed my fears and my insecurities to hold me back.
Everything that fell into place to bring me to this point in my life was no accident. Whenever I get stressed or worried I just look back…if my 36 years of living have taught me anything it’s this… things are never as bad in the end as I feared they would be, there is always meaning in the struggle, and I can handle absolutely anything that life throws at me. Worrying does nothing but make you feel foolish when you look back and see …that everything happened just the way it was supposed to. And you see God in all of it. Working quietly the whole time.
“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.” -Simone Weil
One of my favorite quotes. Amen to that. Roots. God I am so thankful for the opportunity to lay down roots with Eric in this place.
Goodnight!
All Things Me 
Wow.
It’s all about having a solid place called home. I’ve always yearned for that place. I’m so proud you’ve found it and acted on it. You and your family will put down real roots.
I know God has given you a path to reach what you needed and wanted so bad and some people never find it.
Love you Sweetie and miss you all.
Daddy
Beautifully said! Your words are how I feel about the house I’m living in now. I didn’t build this house; my mom and dad did. I watched it being built, and when they passed, I bought it. It was left to my brothers and me. I bought their shares. My husband and I were going to sell it, but God had other plans. (My dad had built an attached apartment to the house in order for my middle brother to live in and care for dad.). Right after I bought the house, my mother-in-law fell and broke her arm. When she was released from the hospital, we moved into this house to care for her. That was two years ago. In this wonderful home, my parents lived; my husband’s father lived; his mom is still with us. Both sets of parents have been a part of this home.
The memories are many. Our children and grandchildren visit often. Brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, and cousins – love is all around me as I sit here with the morning sun peeking through the windows. My husband and I are so blessed – not with material riches, but wih the love of our family. I know that God has led me here, and I am thankful for each and every day.