Writing Prompt Wednesday-Moving

Writing Prompt #14
Moving from one place to another, and one house to another is a big task. Write about one of your most memorable house moves.

I used to own a house.

Brian and I went and looked through models. We were approved for a loan. We picked out carpet and tile and floor plans.

It was heaven. I loved our cute little house. But it wasn't meant to be. I think I knew that all along. Brian and I talked about our kids growing up in that house and what we wanted to do with it in the future. But deep inside I couldn't see us living there very long. I didn't know why at the time.

When deciding whether or not we should buy a house, we prayed a lot. We went over our finances. We went to the Temple. The market was insanely high, but yet we felt peace when we prayed about it. Even looking back I can't deny that our answer was yes.

I often wonder why.

In January 2009 we left our house. It was the most stressful, heartbreaking, embarrassing, hardest time of my life. It was foreclosed. I remember wondering why we bought the house in the first place, we lived there just a few months short of 2 years. I remember being angry. Why did I feel so strongly about buying this house if nothing was going to go right for us afterwards? 

I had been working at Knight Transportation, doing data entry for just over a year when we were preparing to move into our house. I was fast and made REALLY good money. They cut our pay. It was a pretty big cut, but I was still making good money. About 6 months later they changed a policy about the data entry that caused a HUGE pay cut for me. I decided to look for a job with more reliable pay.

I was also pregnant with Hayden. I was blessed with a job offer from the State, I had a couple of brothers and a sister working there too. It was a slight cut in pay but it had great benefits. Unfortunately from there things went downhill with our house. In the end, we again felt at peace. We ended up moving into a much bigger rental house right before Hayden's first birthday.

I really like Proverbs 3:5-6. It's my scripture that gets me through my trials. I know that through this very difficult time for us that the Lord was directing our path.

Brian couldn't go to school while working at Knight. He tried to find evening classes at ASU and the local community colleges but none of them had the classes he needed at the times he could go. He tried finding another job but couldn't find anything that would pay him well without having a degree.

We lost our house. That was the first major step. Then a year later Brian lost his job. If we were still in our house he would have HAD to find another job. At that time the economy was a mess, it would have been difficult to find another job that would pay well. Fortunately we were planning on moving out of our rental and finding something smaller and more affordable when Brian lost his job.

Two very inspired family members suggested that this would be a prime time for Brian to go back to school. My parents rearranged their house to fit our little family of three. We would live there rent free until Brian finishes school. I still get chills when I think of how blessed we are to have family that is so willing to help. No matter what my struggles are, I have the best family ever.

Although I still think of my cute little house, and sometimes I still drive by it, wondering who's living there now or if they've changed anything on the inside. I wouldn't change what we have gone through in the past 3 years. Not one detail. Because I know our path was directed by the Lord to where we are right now.