Yet Another House Update

October 13, 2011

Yet Another House Update

5 months in and still no decision on the house. Our realtor warned us that short sales were difficult, but I would never have expected it to take this long. We received an update last night. The sellers have 2 mortgages on the home. The first bank has approved the short sale, but the second bank has yet to send their approval letter. They have had more than enough time to make a decision. The approval letter could come through today or a month from today. At this point, I just want a decision to be made. I am tired of waiting and being in limbo.

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Joanne Huff said…

Shannon 5 months is such a long time to wait and still not know one way or another. I can certainly understand how frustrating this must be. I think of you 4 often and of your hopes and plans to move into this lovely home. I SO want this to work out for you guys! My fingers will be double crossed from now on. Hugs! Joanne

October 13, 2011 at 4:02 PM

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.