Warning: The following contains lots of cheese, sap, emotional touchy-feely type items, and general Chicken Soup for the Soul themes. Reader beware!!!
Buying my first home, I have to say, has been one of the most emotionally intense experiences of my life. Trekking around Denver for months touring dozens upon dozens of homes (with my poor, exhausted real estate agent in tow), surviving the bidding process and a rocky inspection (with a collapsing roof and broken sewer line), AND committing to the largest financial investment of my life (eee gads!), was just the beginning. The entire home-buying process, and subsequent success, has been incredibly touching / emotional / heart-warming. I have never had something so single-handedly bring out the sap in me…
From the joint coordination of ALL of parents (Mom, Dad and Anne), they came together to support me in so many different ways, enabling the process from start to finish. From my dad’s crash courses in real estate deals, mortgages and contracts, to my mom’s emotional support and uplifting enthusiasm, I couldn’t have done it without them. Seeing my parents, the same parents who had been separated for my entire life, come together for the common cause of enabling my dreams, was one of the most touching moments of my life. I have never felt more loved and supported.
Finally, to see my first lifetime goal be accomplished is incredible. There is nothing else in my life I have wanted so badly and have dreamed of so vividly, but I have always been unsure of when / if it would come true. Not knowing if I would achieve this goal in 2 years, 10 years, or maybe failing to achieve at all, the accomplishment is even all the more wonderful. This constant dream of mine is now my reality, a reality of which still gets me choked up to this day. I can’t begin to articulate the deep emotional fulfillment I feel at striving for this lofty goal…and getting there. I couldn’t be happier.
So thanks to everyone, and I mean everyone, who has enabled me to get to this wonderful place in my life. May my home always be a home to you and may there always be lots of love and laughter under this beautiful roof.
