My husband and I have been looking for a home in Decatur for two years. We’ve been through ups and downs with this market and we’ve decided we want a smallish house that suits our family as it is. No extra rooms for maybes, no bonus space or extra extra baths. We have downsized to a degree that continuously makes my parents cringe in order to make this happen. It is a difficult place to be, but it is peaceful and it has taught us about true necessity and the difference between needs and wants.
At one point we had a large 5 bed 4 bath home in a quiet lakeside community near Chattahoochee Hill Country. We only ended up in Decatur because my oldest child was diagnosed with Autism and attending a special school in the area. We pitched a tent. Since then our lives, marriage, finances, health and spirits have been tested. But we learned through it all that we are a unit. We know now that we don’t need space as much as we just need to make a home. That home needs to suit our needs, not anyone else. And our definition of success no longer includes what our house looks like.
We are hopeful that our search will pan out. We desperately want a home that doesn’t over extend our family. Our first house required me to work outside the home. This house will not. Our first house required my lawyer income to keep it running. This one won’t. Our first house had empty rooms. We’ll likely bust out of whatever we find in Decatur. Whatever that is, it will be filled with the love and joy that accompanies our revised lives. Live that appreciate everyday and are filled with peace that never existed in any other houses we’ve owned.
I Dream of Realty 