Higher Than I

One year ago today, if someone had told me that I was going to be a homeowner, I would have rolled my eyes. It is not that I did not want to own a home, but I had envisioned a very different scenario in which home ownership would look like for me. If someone had told me three months ago, that I would relocate back to my hometown, I would have laughed. I was pretty vocal about my desire NEVER to settle back in Germantown. My heart and eyes had been set on finding a home in Columbia, Maryland. In fact, I did find a "home" in Columbia, but walked away from it when the inspection revealed things that were no good. This morning (two months from when I walked away from the Columbia property) I received news that the closing disclosure will be sent today. I am four days away from receiving the keys to my first home. It is surreal and I am so excited. As spring rounded the corner yesterday (kind of), so a new season in my life begins too. I am grateful for the seasons before ...

"One day you will wake up and all of the waiting will have made sense. You will realize that all of the prayers that seemed to be tangled in worries were actually wrapped tightly in God’s grace. You will realize that even though before, you were certain it was over, you were actually…okay, and everything that was supposed to happen happened and you are right where you need to be."                     - Morgan Harper Nichols It is funny how God works. On January 26th, I walked away from what I had thought would be my first home. I was devastated. I was upset. I was emotional. I had believed that all of the signs were pointing to that open door; and I was defeated to admit that perhaps (after all) that door was not the one I was supposed to enter. In the following weeks, I searched redfin for more homes. I stalked the MLS listings. I checked out the ONE. A condo on the lake. It was in my hometown. It was a great price. I wrote a let...