I Cried Just a Little Bit
// 11.11.06 // Filed under: Thriving
Today I drove by a house that I would describe as my dream house. The location was perfect: five minutes from our health club; closer to some family; backing up to park land; and on a cul-de-sac, but not in a cookie-cutter development. It was brand new construction and for sale, so I stopped to take the nice brochure from the little display box staked into the front yard.
After drooling over the cherry cabinets, shadowbox molding, and double-sided fireplace between the kitchen and family room, I noticed there was no price listed on the brochure (that alone should have been enough to squelch my hopes), so I looked it up online when we got home. It’s listed for $1,119,000. Well, at least I have good taste.
I sat and cried just a little bit. But not over the house. As I sat in our living room – with its beautiful wood-burning stone fireplace, nice furniture, plenty of room for the kids’ toys, and a desk area that’s waiting on the arrival of a brand new iMac – and watched my family laugh and play, I realized something.
THIS is my dream.
My house, my stuff? Awesome, to be sure. But the real dream is the lifestyle I am living at the ripe old age of 37 2/3. I don’t have to work. I don’t have any major financial worries. I have a loving husband and two incredible children. We are all healthy. And we all get to spend lots of time together.
So, the million-dollar house? Yes, it would be nice. But I’m certainly quite happy with my million-dollar lifestyle.
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Just had to say “hi” & “hear, hear” to the million dollar lfestyle, as I sit here in bed with my glass of wine & laptop!
Cheers,
Cate
You are right…the lifestyle is what it is all about. I wouldn’t trade any sort of material riches for the real riches I have either!
I just found your blog a few days ago and I’ve been enjoying it. I agree with you 100%. I’m home with my kids, I have a husband I love deeply, we live in a good neighborhood, we spend lots of time together. I wouldn’t trade ourlife style for anything!
I cried A LOT reading that. You are very blessed, but you also DESERVE it. Maybe you don’t have an “official” job. But, you DO work. Your family is lucky to have you and you them. Bless you all!
You are so right, Shannon.
Just the thought of trying to keep a house that size clean and organized makes me anxious. I would need a STAFF of people to keep something like that going.
Wish more women shared your attitude. Being happy with our stuff, our lives, our families is where it’s at.
I love those moments, when things seem just right.