House News

September 08, 2011

House News

I think the seller's mortgage bank switch has been great for us. We are *finally* seeing movement in the short sale process. We had to supply them with some information via a form on Tuesday and today we received word that an appraiser was coming to the house on Monday for a BPO. Nothing can happen until that BPO is complete, so we are thrilled to know it is scheduled. There are still a lot of things that have to fall into place in order for us to get the house, but at least we are moving forward.

I did call the town hall today to request information on the permit needed to put a ramp on the house. It looks like that is going to be an easy process for us, with only a few days needed for approval once we own the home.

Comments

Kate Brown said…

That is great news! Will continue to pray that things move forward and you guys get this home!!!! Hang in there today with the kids being home ... What a crazy couple of days we have had here! Thanks for all of the updates, and will always keep Waverly and Oliver in my prayers.
Kate

September 9, 2011 at 7:57 AM

Welcome to Holland

By Emily Perl Kingsley

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland.""Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away... because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss.But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.