Our New House in the Rural Suburbs

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Feelings of consternation shook me after 17 years living in our old country house. The thought of moving from our country house on a clearing on a hill on 4 hectares property was devastating. And that moving to the suburbs peaked us to the point of deciding to "changing scenery" to suburban life. As the months wore on, to move houses grew stronger.. The aesthetics, the "peace-and-quiet" surrounding our country house would have to forego. They would have to be missed. The daily travels of 45 minutes each way to and from work, school, extra curricular activities with our homeschooling taxed our time, money and strength. Besides, my husband and I, in our 50s and 60s, cannot defy our crazy ages-- no matter how hard we try to be in denial of our golden years. *** It's been three weeks since we moved. When we had inspected it, I admit I fell in love with the well-maintained and planned gardens, raised veggie plots, fenced and treed property and house that made me feel secure and quite secluded. Our neighbors around us made sure that we would be good neighbors and helped the sellers of this house decide to choose my family as we made offers for this 900 sq meter-house and property. So far, things are working well. We won't forget how we've arrived at finally buying this house by faith and trust that we would be able to pay. Despite the looming mortgage plus the money we borrowed for renovations on our small old house, we're very grateful. We're grateful that my husband's job is a blessing that he is able to provide for us-- with a lot of the conveniences our house in the suburb gives us, we appreciate a lot more reasons to love it here. Photo by Mr. Josephus Wise (my husband)