Visiting our stagnant house-under-contruction
As I brought back NT from school camp today, he said, "Mama, I want to move into our big house now."
My heart sank a little. I want to move into our big house now, too.
When we got home, I did something I've yearned to do for awhile, now. I went into the framed house. I brought NT with me.
We walked through the downstairs where the bedrooms will be and talked about whose bedrooms they might be. NT told me which room he wanted and I showed him the future playroom. Then we ventured up the ladder to the main part of the house on the second floor. The walls are partly framed only for the master bedroom and bath/closet, the latter which I hope I can convince Jim to change. The rest I helped NT imagine.
As we walked through, my heart ached. Now that the kids are a year older and our Great Dane at seven months old is growing very big, our small trailer has shrunk dramatically. Diesel knocks down the younger kids just trying to turn around in the TV room when they are there. He can't help it. Neither can the kids.
I hope that at the end of this roofing season we will once again have money to buy building supplies with, for this year my dad closed his roofing business of over 25 years to enter a partnership with Jim under a new name and we'll earn half the net profit.
Even though the wait has been long and seemingly never ending, there truly is hope on the horizon. I always knew there was even when I couldn't see it, because I could see God and trusted He had a plan. Today I'm glad I can once again see the hope I've been retaining for so long.
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Labels: Family, Finances, Introspection, Kids, The House
posted by Brandy Brow @ 11:17 PM
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I can relate on a different level...we are finishing our upstairs. We have four children living downstairs which is not nearly as difficult as the trailer would be...it is still a little cramped...ONLY because we have a framed, electric run, plumbing finished, heat and air finished...and a little insulation done...AND WE CAN"T FINISH because we are out of money also...so I am feeling your pain on a different level and praying both of us keep our hearts and heads where they belong...I know I could use all the prayers I can get for this...hugs!
I said a prayer for you, jtcrosby. Hang in there and retain your hope.
:)
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