Oh, this week....what a whirlwind! It's no lie that I love our cozy little rental and our sweet duplex-mates who have become some of our closest friends. Doing life together in the ease and comfort of home. But, I've also always been the type who gets the bug to move, to recreate a space, to adventure to something new. I blame this on my parents for raising me in a military home where it was the norm to pick up and move every 4 years. So the urge and desire to buy a home has been racing through my soul the past few months.
Cameron and I were essentially on the same page as far as wish lists for our first home purchase with just a few minor differences. Originally, I wanted to buy in NW GR but Cameron was not sold on that idea. His ideal home consisted of being able to rent out half and live in half, much like the duplex we live in now. Whereas, I want a house we could expand in as our family grows in the years to come. We both wanted a large porch, adorned with a porch swing, that we could have chats and coffee dates on as the day turned to dusk. I dreamed of a white house that was like a modern farm house, with chippy-drippy paint, old hardware, not new but comfortable.
We had agreed to wait about another year before we seriously considered buying a house. & when that time came, we would enlist the help of my mother-in-law who is a realtor in this area. Well, last Thursday our plans changed. Just for fun, my mother-in-law emailed me a house listing that I soon came to love. So we scheduled a showing the next day and we devoted our time to praying about this possibility.
The outside has a porch that reaches from one end of the house to the other...with a porch swing. It's technically a single family house but can be split into an upstairs and downstairs unit to make it a duplex. It has character! From beautiful wood trim to built-in cabinets to old hardware-it is my perfect modern farmhouse (never mind the fact its in a neighborhood, not on a farm). & although not in GR, it's in a wonderful little town not too far away that has a great school district for kiddos later down the road. & the cherry on top: it was exactly the price range we were looking for when the time came to buy a house. Sounds grand, eh?
The house is a short sale so the waiting game has begun. We put our offer in but the reality is, we could wait all this time & in the end not get the house depending on the lending companies assessment of price.
But through our journey in life, especially together, God's provision has been so present amidst our situation and it's amazing to look back and see how He orchestrated all things to work together for our good. This situation is no different. We are praying that we get the house, but are also completely content if the Lord closes this door. For we know, his plan is better than our own and even if we think this is the perfect house, HIS perfect house for us could be completely different. We're at peace and completely at rest. {& a little impatient, I might add, to find out if we get the house}
Until we have our answer, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to dream of calling it home. Stay tuned for my less than mediocre interior design skills as I try to envision how I would decorate this house to make it our own.
