............Not a rental, but a HOME!

Today we get the keys to our new place. It is like Christmas in my heart. I couldn't sleep last night waiting for the morning to come. I couldn't force myself to try to sleep anymore past 6 am. So much is stirring in my mind. Mostly the fact that today I will have access to a place that is really mine. I will paint what ever colors I want. I will make changes to suit our family and I won't have to check with a landlord first. I will stand in a home and not a rental, and it will be my own family's home. Why is this so important to me? I am a homemaker. This is what I have been called to be. And today I will gain full reign in a home I can make my own. My heart leaps at the thought of all I can do for Jeff, Cody, and Macie in this place. So much I have wanted for them over the past 2 years, but didn't have the freedom to do. So many times the kids have sacrificed, without complaint, as we have uprooted them again and again. In this home, God has granted us back all that we left behind and more (in our old home). I can hardly imagine what today will be like as my friends and I prepare this place for our future there. I can't wait to see all that we own, all that came with us to this town, things we haven't seen in 2 years b/c it has been in storage. Jeff, the kids, and I will be reacquainted with hobbies we haven't been able to enjoy, pictures we have missed on our walls, and memories we stored away for awhile. I am rejoicing today!