When we moved to East Sussex nearly four years
ago we decided the best thing was to sell our house in Hertfordshire. We did
this as it gave us the most freedom to do whatever we felt God was calling us
to next and I still think it was the right thing to do but in typical Michelle
style I do sometimes mourn the loss of that house and all it meant to us.
It wasn't the first home my husband and I had
bought together, it was actually the third but it was supposed to be our
forever house. It had three bedrooms, was semi-detached and sat on a good sized
corner plot on a pleasant tree-lined road. By the time we left eleven years
after buying it we had made a good profit and had converted the garage so we
had a large fourth bedroom or a playroom depending on our needs.
We had to do lots of renovations and decorating
and I can't fail to mention my wonderful Dad who did a lot of it but there was
still so much I wanted to do and I'm looking forward to one day moving back
into a home that is ours and we can mould to suit our family.
I have this little fantasy in my head of how our
home will look. It doesn't have to be particularly big or grand but I do like
an open plan downstairs. I think having all the family in one large area that
is zoned off for different purposes is really appealing.