Knowing When Its Time to Shop For a New Front Porch
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2009
by Sandra E. Graham
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We are faced with decisions from the very first day of our lives-some are life-changing while others can be much less important. We may spend hours or even days debating with ourselves about making a change in our lives and then again, we can make a change subconsciously and never know we did it.
If you have lived in one State, in one area, in one house, for over twenty five years, a place you love that has almost become a part of you over the years; how do you make the decision to sell out and move to a totally different environment? You have talked with friends and family about the idea to move and everyone has a different notion as to what is best for you.
So, after many hard years of putting our blood, sweat, and tears (and God's good grace) into a home that literally grew from an empty and over-grown pasture, we made the decision to sell out and move from our first home. It had been a long hard road to get to where we were. Our first year there, we were nearly burned out by a grass fire because the volunteer fire department couldn't find us in our hidden retreat. Luckily for us, we were both young enough and healthy enough at that time to fight our own fires. Now we felt it was time to move closer to our doctors, hospitals, and shopping centers.
Our country home was beautiful, but the all-day-mowing, weed-eating, pool-cleaning, and gardening has taken its toll on our old arthritic joints and we finally realized that it was truly Time to Start Shopping For a New Front Porch. Everything we did, we did for our kids and grandkids; now it was time to start thinking about Grannie and Papa.
We have gone from this front porch:
To this front porch:
Now we have 1/2 acre of yard to mow vs 7 acres and no swimming pool to clean! We are five minutes from doctors, hospitals, and two minutes to Walmart (my little grandson loves that!).
And so far we are as happy in our new home as we were in the old. We have already begun to make new memories. A time to move forward to the next phase of our lives.
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Top-level comments on this article: (6 total)And a lovely new front porch it is, Sandra. I was wondering today how the move went or if it had taken place. I almost posted it on the homepage. Congratulations on your new home. I simply love your attitude about all of the changes you were willing to make and accepted. I know your new memories will not crowd out the old ones but only enhance the lives of all those you love. Thank you for sharing this part of your life with us. Many blessings in your new home.
Warm hug,
AvisThanks, Avis. I feel really confident that we made the right choice. By doing this, we have been able to get totally out of debt--we had just bought a new car. Now we can sit back and enjoy our social security (as long as it lasts) and have only taxes and utilities to worry about.Thanks again for reading and commenting.Sandra
Great article. Well done.You've got a lovely house. I'm sure I could knock up a porch in the shed - for health and safety to knock down that is.Thanks, Connor. Although there's no roof on this Front Porch, it is a very lovely place to sit in the early morning and drink our coffee. The tree-lined street and quiet neighborhood is wonderfully refreshing for a town this size. Thanks again for reading and commenting.Sandra
Great article,, Thanks for sharing.Thanks for reading and commenting, Jackie. Have a wonderful weekend.Sandra
I will tell you, Sandra, I feel comfortable looking at those pictures. Why? I see serenity and peace. Some time ago, my Father/Mother had a country property also, they went out and purchased a trailer and put it on one acre. You guessed it, the kids and grand kids took the rest. Thanks for sharing.Well, our kids and grand kids can have our place when we make our final move--be it nursing home or funeral home. We have had a good life and our kids and grand kids have all been good to us and with the Lord on our side, we have nothing else to ask for. Thanks for reading and commenting.Sandra
Hi Sandra,You know what they say--that it's the family that makes the home! I know you and your family will make that a GREAT home!Thanks, Steve. We certainly plan to give it our best.Sandra
Making the decision to move or not is a big one. We went through that same thing last year, but decided instead to do renovations on our existing home.Thanks for reading and commenting, David.
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