There are so many times in life where we have the choice to either focus on the amazingness of life or we can sink into the what on earth just happened? We choose to lean into positivity. Yesterday was a doozy of an emotional rollercoaster. We FINALLY found a house that we love. The flow of the home once you walked through the door pulled you in and you are greeted with a wonderful kitchen on the left and plenty of space for a sofa and visiting just beyond that. The master closet had three levels of racks to put your clothes on!!! There was even beautiful animals painted on the walls of one of the other rooms that brought a smile to our faces when we saw the fox and owl there.

One of the best parts of the home is that they had already converted the garage to two offices with the third open space flowing into the rest of the home. It was like a built in home office for two. We had plenty of rooms for our family and friends to come visit us and for an extra play room. We had space for a workout room and all of this within the budget we set for ourselves. I mean $50 within the budget but still within it. We talked with the Realtor and went home to talk through things.

One of the most important aspects of this home was the garage conversion. It use to be a model home and was used for the last two years as their primary office space and now it was in their inventory to move. Can you believe that when we stated that we wanted the garage left as is to be part of our purchase agreement they refused? I mean flat out refused. The General Contractor was all for it. He said yes that’s perfect. I don’t need to spend any time doing the conversion I like that idea. But the representative of the company said no.

We were crushed. The rest of the day was spent doing little and sulking inside … more sulking by Jimmy than Sara let’s be honest. Sara smiles no matter what. She’s their real rockstar in this marriage of ours. Later that night as we talked through things we realized that in purchasing this home, it was putting aside what our true goals are this year. It was a blessing that we didn’t get the house because if we did, it would have put a lot of other things on hold for us.

The moral of our little “the house didn’t work out” story is that sometimes in life that happens. We focus on what we absolutely have to have and then we begin to go in that direction. Once we begin the path, things happen both good and bad. We could have purchased the home but our deeper selves knew that if we did even though it was PERFECT we would be sacrificing something that we didn’t want to and that is a critical piece of who we are. We dream. We live fully. We love. We embrace the hiccups and we push forward.