Moving forward....

After much prayer and consideration, Mom felt selling the house would be the wise thing to do. So! We began in earnest to move in that direction preparing the house (and our hearts). The house went on the market toward the end of October and we signed papers the day before Thanksgiving. In about 5 weeks all the work was done, the packing completed, a buyer found, agreements made and papers signed. Praises to Him Who worketh...to do His good will!! The whole process was very difficult. Moving is not for the faint of heart. And with Daddy gone just only two years, there were constant reminders of him each and every day. There was also a finality involved. Because Mom was not packing to move to another house (We did consider that), everything had to go....somewhere....to somebody....or to good will. Every item necessitated a decision. Keep? Trash? Give? Donate? Ugh....No longer will there be a "Granny's house". But praise God we still have Granny!! We can make it work. We WILL make it work. Right now, Mom is in New Hampshire with Andy for Christmas. She will come back to Anderson and stay with me January through February/March while Andy is building an additional bedroom onto his house just for her. She has never had the opportunity to be around Andy's family as much as the rest of us and is looking forward to making memories with them and being a part of their ministry there in NH. "Praise God from whom all blessings flow..." He certainly has "flowed" His blessings on us. We can never understand, or certainly deserve His love and care for us. We can only humbly accept what we can never earn and learn how to best honor and glorify Him as we live from day to day....Merry Christmas to all of you and a Christ-honoring New Year!!