What do you do when it feels like your life is upside down and may very well fall apart? You pray to God and believe that he will take care of everything for you.
It's no surprise to us when things don't end up for us like we had intended. It seems like that has been our title to our lives since Mick and I started a family in 1998. We finally find a place to live where the horses can come, the kids can ride their 4 wheelers freely, Mick can have all his trailers, trucks and whatever else he desires, I get to enjoy the peacefulness of living in the country. Then we have to decide what is the best solution for our situation.
We have only tried to do the best that we can with what we have for our family. Unfortunately we haven't had insurance since Mick's old employer decided they couldn't afford to keep it, so when Mick had to have surgery for his appendix we instantly freaked out about what it was going to cost us. Now we have to go to a hearing to see if we can get approved for a county assistance program because we definitely don't have $12-15K in our pockets to pay for the surgery.
After a lot of discussion and tears, and a little bit of denial we have made up our minds. We simply can't afford to live here anymore. It seems like we just can't ever get ahead and keep ourselves in one spot for too long. It saddens me so much! This place is exactly what Mick and I want, now that we've lived here we realized that about 7 less acres would be just about perfect for us. :) We have also realized that it's better to know when you are in over your head and get out before it gets worse. I am ok to admit that we are moving because we need to downsize and re-adjust our finances. One thing that this world is all about is MONEY!! And when you stretch it so far and can't stretch it anymore you need to be wise enough to do something about it.
Our kids are only getting older and require more things therefore that means we have to spend more money on them. And I am ok with giving up the things that we want in order to provide more things for them, and moving back into a subdivision and into a cheaper house payment is exactly what we have to do.
So once again, we are on the move. Found a great place in Kuna across from the kids' school. They will be able to walk to and from school. Clay will be able to ride his bike to football practice that will be starting the end of Aug. It's a big house, bigger than I want but the price is something we can't pass up so we have put the wheels in motion and I believe we will have the answer tomorrow to let us know when we can move. We aren't in a huge hurry but would like to have a place before school starts which is in just a little over a month.. Can't believe that!
We just keep praying to God and know that he's in control and he will guide us and knows what we can handle. I believe as long as Mick and I and our kids are together we can get through anything! We know this isn't the first time we have had to overcome and obstacle in our lives!
3 comments:
I'm sorry to hear that you're moving, I know you love that place, but I understand why you need to.
I'm not looking forward to getting my bill, I don't have insurance either...
You are going to come through this just fine, we will be praying for you though. The good thing is that Mick is doing good now and you have a great family. You can always have a house with some land again this is just a bump in the road. Stay positive!
The first line made me cry. 2 Corinthians 5:7 - We live by faith, not by sight. Even though your circumstances aren't great and you're not sure of things, I'm so happy to hear you know the Lord will take care of you. That's faith! We need to live by what He said not by what life seems to be. I love you!
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