Comments on: a lesson on contentment

By: April

April

Oh my word… I just discovered your blog and reading this entry is like my little ” sign”. I needed this for so many reasons:) Thanks for doing what you are doing.. so excited to see what is next for you and your sweet family!

By: Melissa Vines

Melissa Vines

This post really hit home with me. My husband and I took our house of the market this fall after listing it for 3 months and showing it 50 times…I thought I was going to loose my mind! We had already bought a lot in a beautiful neighborhood with houses that are twice the size of our little house. Our reason for moving was the great interest rates affording us to build a larger house but as I started thinking about it more and more I realized I don’t want 5 bedrooms…I don’t want 3 different living spaces and another house with no old trees or the character I crave. So we decided to sell our lot and like you be content with what we have and wait for what we really want. 🙂

By: Lesley

Lesley

Artex, the Neverending Story (My favorite!)

Thanks for this entry. I’ve read it over and over and it’s all so true for me right now. Living more simply and making the absolute best of what I already have is a goal of mine. PS…I want the red barn too!

By: ashley @ the handmade home

ashley @ the handmade home

In reply to Sharon @ Ms Magpie Designs. books welcome! sorry you were having to deal with that-but I totally agree! You just never know where and why you're dealing with things-so excited for you! ;}

By: Sharon @ Ms Magpie Designs

Sharon @ Ms Magpie Designs

Holy crap….now that I hit publish, I apparently wrote a book on your comments! 😉

By: Sharon @ Ms Magpie Designs

Sharon @ Ms Magpie Designs

This post definately brings back some past and not so distant memories! When we put our farm on the market about 5 years ago, we were moving from the country into a better school district for our children (namely my oldest, who has dyslexia). It took a year and a half to sell…but it had God all over it when it did. The same week we got a contract on our home, a builder lost a home to a bank because it had not sold. In the end, the builder got to finish the house in order to “clear his debt” to the bank, the bank didn’t have to hang onto this home and try to sell it and we got a killer deal on a home that would have been WAY more than we could afford. Now, if life were not complicated, this story would end here but in our nice fine home, in a neighborhood full of other nice fine homes, we have had a terrible experience with bullies that live behind us. For a long time, I questioned whether we made a mistake moving into this house from the country as all three of my kids hate living in a neighborhood, as do my husband and I. I struggled for a long time as to whether it was a mistake to move into a subdivision but it got us into a great school district and we’ve made some wonderful friends so I think this is just a little detour that we were supposed to be on to point us in the right direction. …and sometimes your plans are not just your plans…they intertwine with Gods will for others we may affect too. We now have our house up for sale and we are looking at buying land and building again….building our forever home….but the difference is, that we know where we want to be…and it’s near where we are now. In the school district that has been helpful with my son’s struggles in school…just somewhere where the kids can catch frogs, lizards and snakes and enjoy the nature that God created and that most kids miss out on. My kids were lucky enough to have it for quite some time and lucky enough to appreciate and miss it and know what’s out there. Sometimes our plans don’t go the way we think they should….but if they always did, we’d miss so many other opportunities that God has lined up for us. I hope you are able to find a perfect piece of land. You should read “Last child in the woods” by Richard Louv….that will seal the deal on moving out. Good luck and thanks for sharing your story.

By: Jami Nato

Jami Nato

feels good to get it all out there doesn’t it? 🙂

By: Debbi in Texas

Debbi in Texas

You are right to follow your instincts; if it doesn’t feel right then just wait. There is no reason to hurry. My husband and I have been going through the same thing this past year as empty nesters. We do have the barn, but now we want the lake and we found it. If it’s meant to be then it will happen. We are making an offer this week after 8 months of pros and cons. The property has not sold yet; a sign? We will be okay to stay here and we can dig our own lake if need be although we need a tad more house and this one will require major updating. Make a list of “wants” and stick to that list. You will find your paradise but don’t hurry. Good luck.

By: Shaunna

Shaunna

Very well said and beautifully written, friend. Love your heart in this–and I have no doubt you’ll be incredibly blessed for it.
🙂
shaunna

By: Heidi of Operation Organization

Heidi of Operation Organization

oh, i so totally ‘get’ the decision making based on the little ones future…

we’re there.

in a few short months it will be time to move on from our temporary home (we moved in knowing we’d be moving out by a certain date).

trouble is, we don’t have a permanent plan to base our next move.

options are many – almost overwhelmingly so, and difficult to plod ahead with so much uncertainty to make the effort to choose.

blessings to you. 🙂