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| The View of our Horses from Our Farmer's Porch |
"....as those of you that read my blog know, earlier this year we were suddenly blessed with having our horses in our own backyard! However, life has a way of placing potholes and plunge pools in front of you and just as fast as we began to feel excited that we had discovered this perfect farm, we were then faced with the issue of having to move our horses yet again (simply because the seller had allowed us to move our horses in before we went to Purchase and Sale and we should have waited to finalize the deal before taking this action). From there it was thoughts like, "how could that be, losing two farms (this one and the previous one in Grafton) that we were about to purchase in less than 3 months!". Well, the story goes like this and can be summed up in almost one sentence: "There we were, almost at P and S and about to move in when suddenly and without warning, we were forced to watch the deal "go south" because of the unscrupulous seller!".
And then, days after we discovered that we were not able to finalize the sale of the farm, we had to pack up and leave with our horses in tow and all three of us wondered just how deep our depression would go! So, while waiting for answers as to why the Seller did this to us and then the ultimate re-assessment of our original decision to buy "this" farm in the first place, we finally found an interim barn in which to lodge our horses with a firm decision made to take some time before even thinking about starting another real estate search.
So, to those folks that always adopt the cheery attitude of "when one door closes, another one opens", an attitude that never crossed my mind, I admit that all of you were correct! I've found that faith, even "blind faith", helps one to realize that other opportunities exist and that sometimes you have to reach a real "low point" before you can come up again. From there it's the ol' one foot in front of another, even taking baby steps if necessary and before we knew it, the end result had us walking right into that new, "open" door and with a new and even stronger resolve to be happy! So, my blog continues and I will continue to write about my experiences at this new barn, which, by the way, is a completely different discipline than what we are used to but hey, that's the essence of life, change, try new things, rejoice in the fact that we are healthy and alive, all those things and more! I shall return to write when the mood strikes as "putting the thoughts to paper" seems to have a very soothing effect on me!"
And then, days after we discovered that we were not able to finalize the sale of the farm, we had to pack up and leave with our horses in tow and all three of us wondered just how deep our depression would go! So, while waiting for answers as to why the Seller did this to us and then the ultimate re-assessment of our original decision to buy "this" farm in the first place, we finally found an interim barn in which to lodge our horses with a firm decision made to take some time before even thinking about starting another real estate search.
So, to those folks that always adopt the cheery attitude of "when one door closes, another one opens", an attitude that never crossed my mind, I admit that all of you were correct! I've found that faith, even "blind faith", helps one to realize that other opportunities exist and that sometimes you have to reach a real "low point" before you can come up again. From there it's the ol' one foot in front of another, even taking baby steps if necessary and before we knew it, the end result had us walking right into that new, "open" door and with a new and even stronger resolve to be happy! So, my blog continues and I will continue to write about my experiences at this new barn, which, by the way, is a completely different discipline than what we are used to but hey, that's the essence of life, change, try new things, rejoice in the fact that we are healthy and alive, all those things and more! I shall return to write when the mood strikes as "putting the thoughts to paper" seems to have a very soothing effect on me!"
