The sad news... We had to say goodbye to our house.
This is the home we lived in for 9 years.
In this home we have dreamed and hoped.
We made big plans for our home and our lives while living here.
Our love grew and blossomed here.
We made tough decisions here.
We trusted the LORD here through job changes and postpartum depression & anxiety.
We welcomed and loved people here.
We brought each of our babies home to this house.
When we moved into this house, it was just Lige and a very pregnant Me.
April 2003
April 27, 2013
A few short weeks later, in May 2003, we added Amana.
In 2005 we brought Anlynn home.
A son, Harrison, joined us in 2007
Followed by Isaac in 2009
And Lucy came home in 2011
It's been almost a year since we've actually lived in this house. We've been enjoying life on the farm since last June. But knowing that we wouldn't sell our house right away somehow delayed our grieving process. It has hit us fully the past two days.
We loaded up sleeping bags and movies, ordered pizza and spent one last night in our home last night. We all slept together in the living room.
It was important to the older kids.
And to Lige and me.
We spent time sharing our favorite memories and moments here.
We walked through each room, remembering.
We cried a little.
We thanked God for blessing us with this house and for all the blessings shared within its walls.
We wrote our names inside a bedroom closet with the years we each lived here.
We prayed for the new homeowners.
We left them flowers.
We hugged one last time in the living room.
We closed the door behind us.
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