Last year at this time, there was a ’4- Sale’ sign on our front lawn.

We were making final preparations to leave our house, we were packing boxes, and were so excited about making our move to Colorado Springs.

Finally! We were going to be living in the place that we’ve been dreaming about going to since we were married. Emily was excited about her new school, taking trips up to the mountains and going for hikes in Garden of the Gods.

If you’re new to reading my blog, I won’t go into all the details again about why we are not in Colorado Springs and why we are back in Wisconsin. The complete story can be found in my post from back then on this page:

Our Colorado Adventure > >

It is still sometimes bittersweet when I think about how things turned out. This was definitely not what we had in mind. When the markets collapsed, and housing along with it, yea, you bet I was ticked off.

We truly believed that Colorado Springs was where we were supposed to be. I simply could not believe that God would have sent us all the way out there just to turn us around to send us back to Wisconsin.

Some people suggested we rent our house. No thanks.. the last thing we wanted to be were long-distance landlords. Besides, anyone who could afford to pay the rent that we would have asked would have been able to afford the mortgage.

Our mortgage broker suggested that we take out the equity in our home to use as a down-payment on a house in Colorado… of course that was before real estate collapsed. As nice of a guy as he is, there was no way we were going to do something like that.

The only smart decision was to come back and live in our house.

Given the circumstances of the economy, we made the right financial decision for our family to come back. There are houses in our neighborhood that are still for sale. Houses that have been on the market before we listed ours… houses that were first listed 18 months ago.

Maybe our move to Colorado was what WE wanted, but not what God wanted?

Having to postpone our dream of living in Colorado is still something I still wrestle with, even a year later. Don’t get me wrong, we have wonderful neighbors, but why are we supposed to be here and not there?

I don’t know the answer to that question.

What I do know is that God has a plan. He always does and I hope that someday He will reveal the answer, although I have to say, He can reveal it any time now, I won’t mind. (lol)