It's October and we are still in Mascoutah! This is not where I thought we would be in October. I pictured our family settled in Colorado Springs, Colorado, enjoying the mountains. Well, I guess picturing us there wasn't enough and it sure hasn't sold our house! So, now what do we do? We wait. We wait for people to come and look at our house. We wait for people to love our house. We wait for people to buy our house. We wait. Waiting has never been one of my strongest traits. Probably because it involves patience. I thought for sure if I kept our house "show ready" it would show and sell. We would over come all the odds in the housing market. This was one area in our lives I wanted to be below average, below the "average days on market". But all of this wanting and waiting is not changing the fact that it is October and the kids and I are in Illinois and Ryan is in Colorado, enjoying the mountains.
During conference this past weekend Elder Robert D. Hales encouraged the faithful to wait upon the Lord, explaining that means to stay steadfast even as one anticipates solace in and deliverance from trials. "The Purpose of our life on earth is to grow, develop, and be strengthened through our own experiences,". (I found this summary on LDS.org) I loved Elder Hales talk. It touched my heart. I need to remember to not just wait to move, but to remember to stay steadfast, as I anticipate solace in and deliverance from this trial. Steadfast is not a wait and see kind of word. It is a word that requires doing.
I keep waiting for the house to sell so I can start doing certain things. Today, I decided that I am going to stop waiting. I am going to put up my Fall and Halloween decorations. I made plans today to go to my sisters for Thanksgiving. I even made appointments for the kids and me to get our teeth cleaned in January! Do I hope these plans change because someone loves our house and wants to buy it? Yes! But I don't want to wait another day putting off things while I wait for one thing to happen.
I miss having Ryan home. I miss our family time. But I don't want to miss the memories that can still be made as we await the time we will all be a family in Colorado, enjoying the mountains.
