Love Story

So I'm betting that anyone who reads this knows that our offer on the house got accepted. I'm so excited and have been feeling like flying for two days. I can't believe that Doug and I are going to own our own home. A little background so you can understand why this is such a huge deal for me.

The last time that I lived in a place that we owned it was for a few years in Winthrop Washington. That was now over eight years ago, since then we've lived in apartment after apartment, rental home after rental home. I know that since I've lived hear life has calmed down and we only lived in three different houses in the past six years, but it's hard to feel at home when you don't know what home is. My life has blossomed more than I ever though possible. Moving here was the best thing that could have happened to me, even if you don't include the fact that I ended up marrying the best man imaginable. Now in just a little over a month I should have a place for the first time in my life that I can call MY home. A place that I can mess up, clean up, fix up, and love. It's in this little town that makes my heart swell every time I even look out of the window. The beautiful hills and huge sky take my breath away. I don't feel crowded or rushed, I can breathe, move around, feel myself relax. To know that someday hopefully I can share this with my children makes my heart smile. No more cages, or walls to hold me back, it's just me and my love and I can't wait!

Well you guys might not be as excited as me, but I'm telling you this is groundbreaking, breath taking, and revolutionary. Sometime I hope to be able to convey just what it means to me, but
even though I'm better with writing words than speaking them, I just can't explain. Last night
Doug spent ten minutes just hugging me and whispering to me that we are going to buy a house. It's as if all those times when I sat there wishing on a star for someone to love came true, but came true even better than I thought they would. I mean love is love, but is it possible that it grows even after you thought it could grow no bigger. If I have this capacity to care, love and share it, it kind of shows just how monumentally god loves me. It's a little mind boggling isn't it? Well I'm sure this is enough rambling for one day =)