End of Summer, Beginning of Fall
Fall is definitely in the air. The swallows and bluebirds are long gone. The butterfly bush and black eyed susans are about the only flowers left blooming, and foliage is beginning to take on the hues of Autumn.
Summer came and went. It began with excitement- the happiness of selling our home in only 5 short days. In this economy, that was cause for celebration. Alas… after seemingly endless close of escrow date changes, our buyer backed out of the sale. The day we were moving to an interim apartment, the realtor called and said the deal was off, the buyer was “fed up” with waiting for his bank to fund the loan. WHAT? We paid first month’s rent and security deposit on the apartment, we paid for boxes and tape and travel to and from Liberty Lake several times, everything was boxed and sitting on the deck waiting to load into the truck… how could this happen? Talk about MAD. Wow. Madder than a wet hen, as the saying goes… that was me.
This morning I visited the blog of a sweet friend who has two very close family members battling cancer, as well as she herself battling stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer. Reading her update was a refresher on what real problems are. A reminder that no matter what happens with the house, whether it ever sells or not… it’s nothing compared to battling cancer. It’s nothing compared to facing the loss of a loved one. It’s nothing really compared to any REAL problem. Thank you for that reminder, Renee… somehow you always manage to put things in their proper perspective, without even trying.