Today, a new door opens...

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. ~ Helen Keller

So today is a new day...it happens to be the first day of June. We are officially out of the other house and technically it is no longer ours. It's a day filled with mixed emotion for me. We lived there for 3 years. Our kiddo's did a lot of changing and growing up during that time. Doug really misses the house. I am definitely feeling more at home back here in our first home which coincidentally is just down the street six houses. We are closer to our Elementary school that our kids and daycare kids attend. We also remodeled the kitchen and the house is looking beautiful inside. Of course it's still lacking the touches of pictures and decor to make it really feel like home but we are still busy unpacking boxes. It feels "right"to be back here and I have a sense of peace within me that I haven't felt for a couple of years.

In my life I have been given the chance on numerous occasions to learn great lessons. This has been a "huge" lesson for me. I'm OK with that though because I hope it is helping me grow and become more of the person I know my Heavenly Father wants me to be. I feel so blessed to have a roof over my head, a great husband and two wonderful children. Life is full of highs and lows, I am grateful to be coming out of a long low period. As the quote from Helen Keller above states~ I am going to stop looking at the "closed door". Today is a new beginning...a new door of happiness has opened in front of me and I am choosing to walk towards it.