Saying Goodbye

Saying Goodbye

Only days away until we will be saying goodbye to our first home. We bought it about five years ago. Even though we love our place, we are looking forward to our new home. A little more room for our little girl, rec room for my wife to take care of a couple kids (as a side income), and a school yard to take the kids to.

Five years ago I was make very little money as technical support and it was all we could afford. Working hard to save money, getting a better job as a Software Analyst / Database Administrator and now becoming a dad, it was time to get something a little bigger and better. At times it felt like we were going nowhere.

Now looking back all those months of scrapping by, it was well worth the sacrifices. We paid off our mobile home and have a large down payment. Someone said that the success is where preparation and opportunity meet. There are sacrifices, preparation and work before you can ever become successful. If the opportunity comes but there was no preparation  ahead of time you miss the opportunity.

Just thinking about my little girls life, what will make her life a success? As a dad it is my responsibility to prepare her for life. It will me sacrifices and work for me. It will mean getting her to do things she might not always like. There will be good times and though times but in the end she will be a success.

So I guess that is my goodbye to our home, the work, the hard times and the good times. It is a hello to an opportunity taken and preperation for the next opportunity down the road.