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I’ve posted in Prayer Intentions, but in short, I found the perfect house–big enough for my large family, a teaching studio, and a business office. Separate entrances for the business office. Beautiful, large kitchen and wonderful bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub. And on and on, all at a price that would have cut my mortgage to almost nothing, which would allow me to more easily provide for my children and plan for my own retirement.
While I was making the road trip to my daughter’s graduation, somebody else made the offer. The house has now sold.
I’m crushed. Of course, friends say, something better is out there. I confess, I’m struggling with some negative thinking in the wake of disappointment right now, but really, just how many houses are there at all that are that suitable for a large family and two businesses, at a great price? Objectively speaking, it’s an insanely small percentage of all the houses available.
This is coming at the end of 8 years of dealing with lies, infidelity, an alcoholic family of origin, and divorce. It felt like my new start, a plan to move forward, being in a house I picked (my mother really pressured my XH into the house we bought here).
What helps everyone else deal with these disappointments in life? There’s something better just isn’t convincing me right now!
Thank you.
I’ve posted in Prayer Intentions, but in short, I found the perfect house–big enough for my large family, a teaching studio, and a business office. Separate entrances for the business office. Beautiful, large kitchen and wonderful bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub. And on and on, all at a price that would have cut my mortgage to almost nothing, which would allow me to more easily provide for my children and plan for my own retirement.
While I was making the road trip to my daughter’s graduation, somebody else made the offer. The house has now sold.
I’m crushed. Of course, friends say, something better is out there. I confess, I’m struggling with some negative thinking in the wake of disappointment right now, but really, just how many houses are there at all that are that suitable for a large family and two businesses, at a great price? Objectively speaking, it’s an insanely small percentage of all the houses available.
This is coming at the end of 8 years of dealing with lies, infidelity, an alcoholic family of origin, and divorce. It felt like my new start, a plan to move forward, being in a house I picked (my mother really pressured my XH into the house we bought here).
What helps everyone else deal with these disappointments in life? There’s something better just isn’t convincing me right now!
Thank you.
(Although of course, I do see the connection in not seeing what the future holds. It’s actually easy for me to see that doors may open in the not so distant future in which owning that house may have hindered me following another path.)