Friday, August 8, 2008

Divine Intervention

As you will all know,,,I will be moving very shortly. In fact,,by August 21, I should be moving into our new temporary home which is in Cardston. Yes! Cardston. Not at all what you all expected. It is a long but uplifting experience.
Three and a half years ago,,a very close grandmother of mine, who lived in Cardston passed away. It was hard on the family but we knew it would happen one day. She lived to the age of 90 almost 91. She had a very good life. Full of adventure and tragedy. But I am trailing off.
After she died, we read her will. We knew what was coming. She had saddled us with her old house. We were all frustrated at the time to know that it came to pass. She made it so, that the house could NEVER be sold. And if we were to tear it down, a new structure that was to be built, HAD to be paid for. No dept attached to the property. She wanted the house to be a house of refuge for anyone in the family. Much to our dismay,,,we were left to manage the house and to rent it out for eternity. My mom being 8 hours away and my aunt at least 18 hours away, this was a hard thing to take on. But It was grandma's wish. No one ever thought it would benefit us.
This past August long-weekend things changed.
I went to Carston to Jason and Jacki's house to visit with the kids. We ended up helping in the yard tearing trees down and pruning them to make the yard look better. Jason ans I took a little break and went to grandma's house to show it to someone who was looking to rent. This was the first time I had been in grandmas house since the funeral. So I wanted to see all that had been done to the house. Jason talked of a lady who wanted to rent it. A single woman getting a divorce that had a new baby. He said he knew grandma would approve of there decision to rent to her. She didn't show. But we waited. Another couple ended up coming instead. So Jason showed them around. When we just locking the door,, a thought hammered into my mind. "I should live here".
But I dismissed the thought because we still could not afford the house payment and the rent payment for grandmas house. But I couldn't leave it alone. I was nagging at me.
I ended up going back to the house to look at something with my new sister-in-law. As we walked around the house her and I, the conversation directed to me living in the house. I explained why I thought it would not work. She remind me that I was a definite reason why my grandmother wrote her will as she did. It was to be a house of refuge for all in the family that was in need. I definitely was in need. Waiting for a house to sell for over 9 1/2 months is a time for need. Again she reminded me that I shouldn't have to pay rent in the house. My grandmother would not have it. She would want to help me in all that she could.
When this was said to me, a consuming feeling took over me and made me know that this was what I was supposed to do. The spirit whispered to me " your grandmother loves you and she wants you here, she wants to help you" It was all I could do to not bust into tears. I knew what I had to do. Move into her house until we could sell our house and recuperate our losses. What a blessing that she has given me. A once in a life-time opportunity.
So I telephoned my mom and asked her if this would be poosible. She heartily agreed to the idea. In fact she had thought of it a few weeks before, but thought that I wouldn't like the idea. So she dissmissed the thought.
So approvalls were made. It is a go!
So now I am moving to Cardston. For at least a year,,,,maybe more. Who knows,,maybe I will like it there and set up shop.
Maybe this is grandmas way of getting Scott and I to the temple. If we can't get there,,,she will bring it to us. I love her!