HOME SWEET HOME

Home Sweet Home

My youngest son and his wife live in Chicago. They have been living there over a year and LOVE it. Don't blame them...it's pretty terrific! My sweet daughter-in-law has a new job. She's working for a real estate firm as their Social Media Coordinator/Video Director. Not sure what ALL that means, but I do know she will be posting their Face book stuff, writing and filming their "picks" (apartments/homes) of the week and etc. I think that is the PERFECT job for her. She loves decorating and showing off her home and loves looking at great places. Since she majored in telecommunications at Baylor, and worked in television, she can interview and navigate through property, showing it's pros to any potential buyer on film and do a bang up job. It will be posted on Face book and other media, I believe. She will be the face of her company as she shows off property on-line and in any other media they choose. What a fun job! I'm really excited to see how she can creatively use her degree in a way she never imagined.


We all, at some time or another, look for the home of our dreams. Perhaps our first is not the "one of our dreams," but it soon becomes very special to us. Each apartment/condo/home is very special. Don't we get excited as we anticipate looking for just the right place? Isn't it fun to "shop around," riding through neighborhoods, looking on the Internet, picking up fliers from front yards, calling apartment managers for appointments to see the corner unit and looking at all the amenities available for our use? There are so many things we all dream we want each time we move. Each time we "move up" to the next "better" place.

But sometimes, there are those who must escape the expense and move to "something more economical" because of bad stewardship, a relocation and the costs are more, loss of job, medical problems or some other circumstances.

Then there are those moves when people combine their moves. People who get married, Those who want to "try each other out as partners", or friends who move in together to share expenses. All moves make us a little anxious - each in a different way. Every move creates emotions within, some good - some not so good. The question is, what will it be this time?

Jimmy and I have had many moves in our married life. Our first time together in our our little one bedroom efficiency garage apartment behind Mrs. Slatten's house was wonderful. It was a tiny place with antique furniture. Mrs. Slatten used to come over about twice a week and ask us, "the children" if we would like to go to dinner (at Luby's). Then we'd go back to the "big house" with her for an after dinner liqueur. It was a wonderful time. Our first home was just as exciting. All our friends were buying new, four bedroom homes with no yard and no furniture. Jimmy and I bought a small two bedroom, one bath, precious home with 8 trees in the front yard and 13 in the back. Flower beds burst with azaleas and ground cover that ran up the trees. Our friends came to our house to trim the loriope it was so thick, in order to save money and plant it to border their new beds. It was khaki green with black shutters and a black door. It had a sun room with french doors and was adorable. Our friends were actually jealous because we could afford furniture and they couldn't with their larger homes. We loved living there. I do believe our first home has always been my favorite.

Homes mean a lot to us. It is often said to represent a woman's identity. It's decor reflects her choice of style, who she is, her priorities and nature. A woman takes great care and pride in arranging and decorating her home.

It makes me think about the home God has prepared for us. I've spoken about this before, but not so much about it's preparation. God has taken great care in preparing a place for each one of us. A place, as if we were the only one He had to prepare for. It is ready and waiting for us. It is wonderful, beautiful, planned perfectly and exactly what we would need and desire. God knows us and our very desire. He also knows what it will be like in eternity and the kind of place we will need. We will be happy, overjoyed and content with His prepared place. We will have no wants or needs. We won't need an agent to look for someplace "better." It will be the BEST!

So today, I am thankful for the provision God has given in the places He has provided for me and my family. I am thankful for the fun and exciting job He has given our Whitney so she can assist others in finding just the right earthly home for them. And I am thankful for the opportunity He will give her to be the witness for Him as she serves others in their need to find that home as she works diligently filming and networking in the new opportunity she has in Chicago. Most of all, I am thankful for the place He has prepared for me when I will be "home" with Him. Now THAT will the THE perfect place!

Hmmmmmm....there is a one story in our neighborhood I wish would go on the market...my knees aren't what they used to be! I Keep dreaming!!!!!!!