So when we moved from Florida to Tennessee, since our house didn’t sell yet, my parents had to find someone selling a home that would do a lease/purchase deal. They found a builder that would and we moved into the house in early August. But the contract is coming up to an end (after 6 months) and the house down in Florida hasn’t sold yet, so my parents won’t be able to close on the house we moved into. And after talking to the builder about extending the contract, that won’t happen, so my parents spent the weekend looking at houses in the same area. More will be figured out in a few days, but once again, my parents have to move, even if it’s just down the road. It’s still exhausting and a burden on my parents, but they have been so strong and have had so much faith through all of this, it really has encouraged me and made me so proud of my parents and how they are handling all of these trials. My family definitely knows about trials, especially these last 4 years, and each one has made them stronger and given them more faith. My dad’s company still hasn’t moved to Memphis, and in fact the company keeps pushing back the date for when they will move from Virginia, and so once again my dad has to figure out all this housing and moving stuff from a distance while working and commuting back and forth and so on. Moving is hard when you are living at home, let alone being a couple states away and only home on the weekends, and also having to bargain to figure out someone who will do a lease/purchase. Hopefully someone will be open to that. Cory and I will be going to help them move in a couple weekends…should be interesting, since I feel like we just did that. Anyway, I’m just really proud of how my parents have handled things. I know it is so hard for them and I know these past couple of years have been anything but easy; they continue to show all 4 of us kids their love and devotion to our family and strength that will pull through.
~Sarah
