A Humbling Month

I would love to be posting about Christmas but there just hasn't been time. This month has been rough...I am not gonna lie. Essentially illness has taken down the Scott house. All while getting our house ready to sell and going through the selling process. I have had back to back to back sinus infections, Cora back to back to back ear infections, and both kids a horrible stomach bug. I feel like all I have done is drive to the Dr., clean the house, and pray. On a world scale....none of this is a crisis. Our family is blessed with safety and provision...I do not take these things for granted! However, this momma is weary and ready for this season to end. It has been hard to enjoy or do the simple things like be a mom, cook, and play with my kids. More than anything I just want the kids to feel better. I know it has been far and above toughest for them. I pray we can be healthy for the move! On the house front, good news and bad news to report. We listed our house last weekend, had over 50 showings, and multiple offers. Amen! We listed our house during a market up-swing and it is in an area of low supply and high demand. I am thankful for the wisdom of our realtor over four years ago when we bought this house. There were other houses that had been more updated but she new this one would resell better. She was right. Our house is under the option period where the buyers have a week to get out of the contract if the inspection comes back poor or they just change their minds. The inspection was yesterday....right after a night spent up with the kids throwing up. I had to load them up early in the morning and go to my mom's house. They were troopers! The people were at the house past the inspection time frame too. Right now, we are "on guard" with the buyers. They came in with a great offer above the rest and seemed straight forward. However our realtor warned us that sometimes people put in offers too good to refuse and then become difficult during the option period or inspection negotiations. This is beginning to happen and I am frustrated. I am overly sensitive to what I perceive as manipulation or dishonesty...it just plain gets to me. I am sure these people think they are just being "savvy" but I think it is just unkind. They scheduled an appraisal this morning with no warning...all after I had just cleaned sweet Cora up from another round stomach illness. Luckily my realtor had it rescheduled for Monday. If this process was just annoying for me...it wouldn’t bother me so much. However, it is hard to keep cool when the kids are getting dragged around sick. In the end, our house will sell and we will move. None of this will be a big deal. I think the more I live my life the more I realize that the calm times are a gift and the crazy times are the norm. My friend posted a great quote on FB today which I needed to be reminded of...“He is before all things and in him all things hold together.” I stress about keeping things "together" when in reality that is not my job. And it never stays together on my own strength anyway. :)