We still don't have our LID (Log-in date). We're probably logged in already, but our agency hasn't received the date. I'll let you know when I get it.
As you know, the real estate market pretty much stinks right now. Our home in Mississippi has been for sale since last May. No one even looked at it for the longest time. Then, a few started looking, and almost everyone of them said they were interested in buying it, but no one ever made an offer until recently. One couple tried to buy it at a ridiculously low figure. Although it was a burden holding it, I really wasn't ready to sell it. It was quite an emotional experience as we tried to negotiate with them. I knew we needed to sell it, especially with the adoption pending, so I prayed that God would bring the right buyer and equip me to handle it emotionally. You see, I really loved living there. I designed this house. My dad built it in 1997. My children were 3, 7, and 12 when we moved in, so they basically "grew up" in this house. We were no more than 30 minutes or so from both sets of grandparents. It was a small town, and if we went anywhere in an hour's radius from the town, we always saw people we knew. Yes, everyone knew everyone's business, which could get a little annoying at times, but it was part of the charm of living there. People knew me when I was just a little girl, or they always knew someone in my family. We had 4.5 acres, which was just enough to feel like you were in a quiet, secluded place. It was an answer to many prayers that we even had the opportunity to move back to my home county in Mississippi. Fast forward to 2009. The time came when we had to make the move to Kentucky because of my husband's job. This move has been really hard on us, but I can see God's hand at work in so many ways. If we had not moved to Kentucky, I don't know if we would be adopting Raeanna. He put so many things into place here to make that possible. Although the move has been really hard on Cade, he is adjusting, and God has given him many friends and a great church with wonderful leaders to help him through being the new kid in town. I've been blessed, too, with wonderful new friends at my church who pray together for each other's children. This really is a great place to live. I still miss Mississippi. I miss seeing my parents, but I usually talk to them several times a day. I miss my friends there and my church. I'll always be a Mississippi girl, no matter where I roam, but God has given me peace, and I feel like this is where I'm supposed to be right now. About a month ago, we suddenly had 4 or 5 families, all at once, interested in our house. We sold it, and today it closes. Perfect timing. I'm ready, and I know it's for the best. It's a huge burden lifted. I will always be grateful to God for the time we lived there, and for allowing me to raise my children there for almost 13 years. He is always faithful to provide what we need with perfect timing.
