I write these words with a heavy heart, we sold our house last night. Officially, new owners will take the keys April 26th. Not going to lie, I ugly cried after signing that document. Just a couple signatures and our home, gone.
This house, we could have lived in forever. Now, don’t get me wrong… there are things about it that drove us a little crazy that we couldn’t change… but that list was way smaller than the list of all the things we loved.
We brought our baby girl home to this house. We’ve gotten married, celebrated countless birthdays, hosted family dinners, barbecues with friends, so many other wonderful memories.
All the amazing family gatherings we’ve hosted. All the birthdays, holidays… the laughter and love that our home has absorbed within its walls… it’s really been just so perfect.
So, if we loved our home so much and are having such a difficult time selling it, why sell? You might be thinking… they must have wanted more space… something bigger… I can tell you the answer is no. This house was actually a foreclosure and we have put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into it. We honestly would have stayed longer but moving was inevitable. The public schools aren’t good, and we knew we wouldn’t be able to afford private. So we could have stayed another three years until Edith needed to enroll in kindergarten… so why sell now?
The answer was simple. We had a lot of equity built into our home, and we had to choose between me going back to work full time or staying home with our daughter, and I chose Edith. I should really say, “WE” chose Edith. It’s a sacrifice my husband and I both had to make, and what it came down to was a material thing we owned or our family… and we chose our family.
No house, car, or material thing is worth more to me than the time I have with our daughter, Edith. Our home has given us a gift. We now have a down payment that we can put down on a new home, and can pay off some of our debts, and live a much simpler life.
The reality is, the next house we buy will probably be similar in size. But our goal is just a safe neighborhood with a good public school, where we are together as family. Wherever we end up, we will be okay. We will make any house our home, as long as we’re together.
We can’t wait to share this exciting new adventure with you all. We will be buying a fixer upper, possibly an auction house, and making it our own. A little sweat equity doesn’t scare us, we’re ready to tackle a new adventure!
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