Wow.....I went back and read parts of what were posted in July.  Mercy. . . . .

Well....since then.  I have grown stronger.  I am more stable.  I feel safe.  The constant static that was up in the air has dissipated and there is a different peace than before. 

In a series of unusual and not so good events, I decided it was best for the family to go house hunting.  The electric in the old house was burning through electronics, burned through the AC, the thermostat, arcing around plugs and we had several plugs that no longer worked.  The cold weather was heading in and there was NO way I was going to turn the heat on.  My daughter had turned it on near the end of the previous season and upon returning home found her ceiling popping and cracking, the walls too hot to touch and her animals dead.  The wall thermostat hadn't kept it at the controlled temperature. 

Being a big fan of Dave Ramsey fan, there were multiple steps taken before I walked out the situation before with four children on my back.  Apparently, the discipline put into those steps set me up quiet nicely in a housing market for buyers.  My children are told repetitively, there are consequences to all your actions, both good and bad.  I have reaped some really good consequences. 

This house is the closest I have ever been to my dream home.  The wooden staircase.  The music room.  Crown molding. The kitchen is exactly how I have always planned one.  The dining room with the hardwood floors, custom book cases and double doors leading to a deck overlooking nothing but woods.  Let's not forget:  MY   OWN    BATHROOM!

This long after, I still pause on the street and gaze in awe of it.  Home........  I've never had a place considered home.  It's always been someone else's house.  Then again we moved so frequently, it's hard to become attached to a place that way. This one, I wrote HOME on the inside of the front door.  Maybe it's because it's mine and no one is going to be allowed to hurt me, mistreat me or harm my children in here. 

The lessons a year has taught me are priceless.  I have grown in knowledge, experience and self confidence.  I have watched my children grow and stretch in this new found freedom where they are allowed to have opinions, make decisions and mistakes without the worry of impeding doom. 

My son has made such great strides in his behavior that he is not even the same little boy he was before, he is becoming a well mannered and happy little man.  Instead of coming home with negative reports of the daily misbehavior, he is coming home with more and more good reports and the occasional mishap.  This is great improvement and we have all worked so very hard to see it. 

All in all.....life is good.  I'm rather curious as to what all it has to bring in the next 6 months.