Then and Now

July, 2004
This is our family when we  moved to NC.

 

June, 2012, This is us moving out of the house. A lot has changed in 8 years. Good bye, little house.Thank you for the memories.  

How Many Miracles?

There have been many prayers answered in the form of miracles for our family this spring. The builder starting the house before ours sold, the house selling on time anyway, Declan getting into Apex Middle... There is one more mini miracle on my mind right now. But I kind of feel guilty to even ask, kind of like I am pushing my luck or not being grateful for the blessings we received because I keep asking for more. So I have been thinking, is there a finite number of miracles or answered prayers or special blessings for a person or a family? Is that number over a life time or just a little bit of time? I often hear statements like if I can just have such and such happen, I will never ask for anything again. I have decided that that is an impossibility. No matter how many blessings, answered prayers, miracles I receive, there will always be something else I need divine help with. I will never run out of things to ask for. So I hope He will never run out of blessing or miracles for me. Throughout the adventures of the spring, I focused my prayers on the house and Declan getting into the right school. I wanted Cannon to get into a different school too, but figured I could deal with his same old school for one more year, I just really NEEDED the other things to happen. And they did. And we witnessed miracles. And we are so very grateful for the way things have turned out. We are now down to the final days of the school wait list. Final assignments will be posted on Friday. Cannon is #2 to get into Baucom Elementary which is just a couple of miles away from the house, lots of church kids go there, he could just ride a bus home! I want him to get into this school. I also just discovered that the bell schedule for Farmington Woods, where he currently attends, is changing to a start time of 9:15, end time of 3:45. That will make for 3 rounds of getting kids up and out and he won't get home until around 4:30 which will start to be pick up time for high school practices and cross country race time. This new information makes me really really hope he gets in. I just need 2 more open spots. Is that too much to ask?

Things I Wish I Had

Right now we have the majority of our belongings in storage while we live in our little rental house waiting for our house to be built.I brought mostly just necessities with us. One of my friends who is in a similar situation told me that she guesses we will go to storage 20 times looking for things we need. So far we have been here 2 weeks and have not gone at all. I have discovered a few things I wish I had... Bread pans, spare towels, spare pillows, blankets, more board games. I will not go to storage for any of these. When I decide I really need them, I will just go buy new ones. Except maybe the blankets, but I am hoping we will be in the house before it is blanket weather.