New Chapter

Well as we begin to close a old chapter, we are starting a new one. Usually how it happens huh?!? This weekend was the beginning of writing that new chapter, especially for my mom. So let's back up a  little and I will kinda catch you up on how all of this happened....... So about a year ago Brent and I decided that we would start looking to try and sale our house. It was becoming very small and the neighborhood was not a place we felt comfortable raising our girls. So I started checking around and we found out that our credit wasn't were it needed to be so we would have to wait. Of course we were bummed but I was reminded to praise God while I waited and that's exactly what we did. So fast forward a year and God was faithful in his promise 

(as he always is) and my mom comes to me and says how would you feel about living in my house and I will move in with Ricky ( her husband). So I confronted Brent thinking that he would be totally against the whole idea, but surprisingly he was very excited. The next big obstacle was o.k.ing this with my brother and sister. I wasn't sure how they would feel about all of this. They both have been very supportive! So from then on everything has begun to fall into place. So as time has progressed we have helped my mom begin to pack and lord at the stuff!!!! You see she loves her stuff!! She has kept everything that has even the smallest ting of memory to it and I am thankful for that because there are things that would have been forgotten had it not been for that small item that means nothing to anyone else but one of us. But when you are moving 26+ years of stuff if becomes a little overwhelming. So we packed things up and began having to part with somethings. You see, Brent and Ricky don't understand our love of "stuff". So we did the best we could and packed those boxes and began loading them up. Well this weekend we helped my mom move. Although I was completely overwhelmed with the stuff, but more than that, the memories that have come flooding back as I remember my childhood growing up in that house. I see my girls playing as my sister and I did. Its a wonderful feeling to know that they will get to experience the fun and build memories as we did and I cherish them to this day :) My mom said something this weekend that continues to ring in my head. She said as we pulled into her new driveway.. "I'm gonna write a book and instead of chapter 1, chapter 2,..etc. I'm going to label each chapter 'New Chapter'"  How true!! Instead of numbering our life chapters we should be excited by each new one we start and not at the number of them. So here is to all our new chapters may they hold as many exciting memories as the last!!