"Life Is Lemons": Please Sign Here, AND Here, AND Here, AND Here...

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Please Sign Here, AND Here, AND Here, AND Here...

Today, George and I signed papers for over an hour. My anxiety peaked after the first 4,000 signatures! I felt like I was signing my life away. However, we finally got to the bottom of the stack and...

WE CLOSED ON THIS...

We can't wait to get to Georgia! We have ROOM to breathe in this house. We are so grateful to have a place of our own and can't wait to have VISITORS!

This is the point where all the papers were signed and we both felt a sense of relief.

Now, it's off to Europe. We leave Tuesday...stay tuned for updates about our trip:)

5 comments:

The Taylor's said...: Beautiful home & family! Congrats on your new house. I loved looking back on where life has taken you these last few years and am so happy for how everything has turned out- your life is such a testimony of faith, patience and endurance. You deserve everything good that comes your way.; June 9, 2010 at 2:49 PM
Teisha said...: CONGRATS!! I am so excited for you!
Hey since you wont come see me for my birthday (insert guilt here) maybe I will come see you?; June 10, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Lewis Fam said...: What a pretty house! I am way excited for you and would love to see you for a min before you leave if it works out.; June 10, 2010 at 1:43 PM
Kenon said...: I LOVE LOVE LOVE it and I will come visit for sure. Have fun in Europe!!!!!; June 14, 2010 at 8:39 AM
Stacy Stoddard said...: i would be excited to get to georgia to if that was my home. we miss you guys tons. but it looks like you are having so much fun.; July 1, 2010 at 11:07 AM

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Tender Mercies

Everyone has a story: life experiences that have either strengthened us or made us weaker and have defined who we really are. Our story is no different; George and I were both married previously to very wonderful people who changed our lives and helped us become who we are. We each suffered a tremendous loss when our spouses (Joel and Summer) died of cancer leaving us with an unfinished story of the lives we had imagined. Through the grief, loneliness, suffering, and pain we both realized that our stories were being revised and that Summer and Joel were helping in that process.

George and I met in March of 2007. We dated for a year and it was a wonderful year full of compassion, empathy, healing, and love. My dad often talks about the tender mercies of the Lord and we both know that our lives have been touched by these tender mercies in ways we never dreamed possible.

We were married on March 1, 2008 in the Salt Lake Temple. The new revisions in our story may seem complicated but to us it's rather simple. Our kids know how much we love each other and are so happy to be a complete famiy again. They also know that "daddy Joel" and "mommy Summer" are a big part of our lives and that families are eternal and we will see them again someday. George and I often joke that "we are blessed....we think!," but the truth is we have been blessed beyond measure. We've had our trials and there are still sad days but we have each other to lean on. We now have someone to share things with--it feels so good to love again!