Thanks to my Brad Paisley loving husband, this song played on my ipod this morning and made me cry.
It hits a little too close to home.
This weekend someone told me that there are 17 houses for sale in our town (of 500 people). There are 12-14 in a nearby town, and about 50 county-wide.
And there are no jobs to bring people in.
I know of two houses that sold for about $30,000 less than they should have.
I've been discouraged this week. All along I have felt such a sense of peace, and hope, and for some reason a few days ago it was just...gone. And I don't know what has changed.
I am grateful to my friends Kristy and Lacy for their recent blog posts about trials that were perfectly timed. I have thought about their words several times this week--especially the quote from "The Other Side of Heaven" that says, "Sometimes the Lord calms the storm; other times he calms the sailor...and sometimes He just lets us swim."
I guess that's me right now. I'm swimming.
I'm not a very good swimmer. Especially when I can't see the shore. I don't even know the direction of the shore, and I'm having a hard time choosing which way to swim.
Should we wait around for our house to sell? Should we walk away? How long is our family willing to live apart? Should we rent our house out for less than our payment and then try to rent a place for ourselves PLUS make up the rest of our own house payment? Would it be wise to get a more fuel efficient car? Should we stop paying our house payment for three months so we can qualify for a loan modification? Is there ANY answer that will allow us to keep our excellent credit rating? What am I supposed to learn from this?
Those are just a few of the questions that are rolling around in my head. I keep thinking of Dory from Little Nemo saying, "Just keep swimming..."
So for now I guess I'll just keep treading water...
And prayin' for rain through a cloud of dust.
3 comments:
You are surely in a pickle. I don't know what I'd do in your situation. We have excellent credit too, so it would be a hard thing to give up. We've also had to live apart for a time, so I know that's a stinky option too. I also know that if we needed to sell our house any time soon, we'd probably have to sell for at least $30,000 less than we paid. The difference is, so far we're able to stay right where we are, together, with a job. I hope you will get things figured out soon. I'm praying for you. Keep swimming, and if you need me to tread alongside you for awhile and be a listening ear, I'll jump right in.
yikes that is no good. I hope that there is rain in the forecast to cover that trail of dust. :) Hugs.
I'm so sorry! I love you and have been thinking about you so much lately. Our house (even with the upgrades of a finished basement and landscaped yard) is about $30g below what we paid for it too...it's so frustrating. We have worked hard for our good credit, and I would hate to lose it, but then again, it's just a credit score, and so if you have to let it slide for the sake of your family it's not the worst thing in the world.
It's all so hard! I'm praying for you.
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