A Space with Soul

Four days ago, we moved into a new house. We’re still moving in, really. We’ll likely be moving in still at Christmastime. Looking around, it’s appears pretty chaotic. Boxes, some open, some still taped shut, some stacked two or three high, sit in nearly every corner of every room.

Still, amid the chaos, this new space feels like home.

When our condo finally sold, we immediately began looking at houses. The one we ended up buying was the second house we looked at.

Almost immediately, Jessica and I fell in love with this house. It’s warmth. The deck overlooking the backyard. The fireplace. Something about the house moved us.

But it needed work, we thought. Too much wallpaper. A few too many unfinished projects.

So we kept looking. Ten houses later, we revisited this house. We still loved it. We still were concerned about the wallpaper, etc.

We looked some more. A week later, after looking at nearly 40 houses, we once again returned to this house.

While Jessica and the realtor looked around, I stayed in the living room with Elias and Adeline (we played), basking in the glory of the room’s light and character. Of all the houses we looked at, despite the work it needed, this house possessed soul that all of the others seemed to be missing.

When we left, I think both Jessica and I already assumed it would eventually be ours.

Still, we wanted to look at one more house.

That afternoon, our realtor called Jessica. Then Jessica called me. She was crying. Somebody had made an offer on “our house.” Both of us were pretty devastated.

Our friend Angie, a former realtor, tried to encourage us. She kept saying, “You never know. Deals fall through all the time. I’m choosing to believe it’s not a done deal.”

We didn’t have Angie’s insight or faith, so we looked at more houses. Every house we compared to the house we’d fallen in love with. And every one paled in comparison. Still, we needed to find a place to live, so after much looking, we found a house we liked (one that even made us forget about the one we’d lost) and we intended to make an offer.

Exactly one hour before our realtor sent the offer in, she called us…

Our house, the one we loved, the one with a soul, was once again available.

And a day later, the house that we thought was ours, was officially ours.

Four weeks later, I sit here in this soulful space writing this post.

I keep looking around (yes, at the mostly wallpapered walls) and thinking, “I can’t believe this is our home…”

And yes, my heart is here. And it’s filled with gratitude and wonder for what’s to come.

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