Despite my worries and feeling incredibly overwhelmed - among a vast array of many emotions - I’m beginning to no longer see the negative aspects of the things our family has been facing, together.

True, moving really sucks.  But, if it weren’t for moving, I’d never have found those socks I thought I’d forever lost.

True, I’m terrified of not knowing what’s to come and sad to see certain things go out of our lives.  But, we’ll soon be set free from looming debt and be able to enjoy our lives and focus on our health rather than debt.

True, my stress levels are insanely high and I count down to the moment that I’ll be able to climb into bed just to rest again for a while.  But, this stress on my mind and body is only for a short while.

True, it’s hard to leave a place you’ve made home and move into a place that…well, you had to bleach from floor to ceiling just to feel comfortable enough to take your gloves and face mask off.  BUT, soon this place will feel like home too because it’s not about the walls that surround you but what the walls surround.  US.  Family.

Things are beginning to slow down.  Sort of.  There is still so much to do, but we’ve slowed down from mind-numbing-whiplash speed to don’t-blink-or-you’ll-miss-it-speed.  It’s improvement.

In 6 short days, we:

Began a variety of meetings which different individuals about our financial status
Met with an attorney
Filled out 7 hours worth of paperwork
Filed said paperwork
Underwent credit counseling which basically told us what we already knew
Searched for an apartment
Found and put down a deposit for an apartment
Cleaned said apartment from ceiling to floor …twice.  With bleach.  (And, I HATE cleaning with bleach.  I’m a vinegar gal, but this was necessary.)
Arrange for utilities to be turned on and have things that are broken fixed by the landlord
Moved a uhaul and 2 trucks worth of furniture out of the house and into the apartment
Moved a van’s worth of contents from the house to the apartment
Set up all of the furniture in the new place
Took paperwork to a variety of offices to be filled out
Organized the new house while doing household chores
Rent a storage unit.

Next week, we have to

move out the rest of our belongings.
File more paperwork.

I’m so very ready to be finished with moving.  We need lots of moving boxes.  I’m so ready to rest and just…be.

And, I’m so thankful.  Thankful for being able to move close to family.  Thankful for my husband’s humor.  Thankful for my wonderful friends who have taken time out of their own busy lives to really be there for me and my personal little freak out.  Thankful for our AWESOME church family and a pantry full of food and a freezer full of deer meat.  Thankful for family who have helped us move the big stuff.  Thankful to a God who loves me so incredibly much that He will call me his daughter and shower me with gifts.  Thankful for my daughters who have both taken this move so well - one of them actually EXCITED about her new house (the other only concerned with eating 24/7).

Please continue to pray for peace in my crazy little heart.  Also, if you have any moving sized boxes…we could definitely use them!

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