A Little Story Before We Begin

This chapter of our lives all started in the Spring of 2011 after John learned he was going to be let go and would join the rank of the many unemployed. In earnest he began a new job search and simultaneously we decided to put our home in Colorado on the market expecting both to take many months to come to some positive outcome.

In rapid order we secured a real estate agent and our home went on the market in March. John jokingly promised a bonus to our agent if he would sell it at or near our asking price within 30 days. In fact, to our surprise, we had a good offer within 97% of our asking price in just 34 days! Wow! We weren't really prepared for that but couldn't turn it down. That meant we not only had to sell-off or pack-up things very quickly but also needed to figure out where we would go for the coming summer months (our other home in Cape Cod was completely rented out for the forthcoming summer months). Fortunately we have so many generous friends and family that offered us alternative lodging and plenty of help along the way! Thank you to all of those who gave us that needed support and oh, what a relief!

The next big step was determining what to do with a houseful of goods and furniture with no clear idea of where we would be going. It was a rather extraordinary challenge made more so with each of us approaching it from opposing points of view.