New Chapter

I write to you today after a couple of months of change. Since I last wrote, my family has celebrated many birthdays. My daughter turned 11, I turned 31, my son is now 8, and my husband celebrated number 42!  We have also gone through more changes.

Tonight as Rick and I were moving our stuff from house to house, I realized God has very intricately woven another chapter together seamlessly. It was just a little over a year ago that I told my husband I was leaving him. This year we had another situation overshadow the situation from last year.

For those that do not know on November 1st, we found out the house we were living in (at the cemetery) would not be around much longer. The house was not in good condition as far as structure. There were also other issues but we were being asked to find another place. This was the first step in God's new chapter.
The next step would come the next morning. After finding out we would have to move soon, our family was very upset. However, we set up appointments to begin seeing apartments. Later that night, our daughter would suggest going for a ride to help calm her. While we were out riding around, we found a house--3 doors down from Rick's parents!!!

I called the next day to get some information on this house. It turns out, God was in complete control as I was losing control all over again. The house was in our price range, had the number of bedrooms we wanted, a fenced in yard for our dogs, and again, it was 3 homes down from Rick's parents!! This house would be available December 1. We made an appointment to see this house the following Monday! So we met with the landlord. In addition to all the pluses so far, everything in the home had been replaced within the last 2 years (roof, carpet, ac & heat)!  If you are wondering, we signed the contract that same week!!!

Thanksgiving last year was a total nightmare. However, this year, my nightmare was a little different! Instead of being angry with my spouse, I was ecstatic and concerned with moving. This was step 3 in God's plan I'm sure!! Looking back tonight, everything was moving into place even when I didn't have a handle on it. Of course, last week I suffered another blow when I received a phone call from our new landlord asking if we could move our movers to Tuesday instead of Saturday. When he was finally able to look at the house, he found out it had been damaged. Again, God has new plans. That being said a huge thank you goes out to our landlord. Since I wasn't able to change our movers, he worked nonstop for 48 hours replacing carpet, painting walls, new bathroom, and cleaning the yard!

This being said, I don't believe our family will be moving anytime soon. As I look back at everything that has happened over the last year, God has had a plan that has been blessing me in many, many ways!! We are again starting a New Chapter with a New Life!