Round Three began with a new year. 2005 was suppose to be a year of celebrations in our family. My Graduation and Momma, my Aunt and two cousins were all hitting milestone birthdays. Although,things couldn't be less cheery around the house.
Momma had got the go ahead from Daddy to start looking at houses. I was excited, I had never lived anywhere else and took this on as a new adventure. Momma was excited, but in a much more subdued way. She was getting exhausted and Daddy's illness was breaking her heart. God love her, she never broke in front of me.
We had to look for houses that could accomodate Daddy's needs. Big master bedroom on the first floor, wide door frames for wheelchair access, no stairs on the entry ways, wide walk in shower to accomodate him being wheeled into it. There just wasn't an older house on the market to fit us. So Momma found a subdivision in progress. We spot a house in mid construction. "The House on the Hill". We just had to pray it wasn't under contract.
It was late January and I was at a swim meet at UGA. Already I was pumped just to be on the UGA campus. I dreamed of what it might be like going there. I say dreamed... cause at this point I knew, one- we definitely couldn't afford me going there without Daddy's income and two- there was no way I could be that far from home. I already knew I was gonna be taking care of Daddy, I just didn't know to what extent.
Well... as I was daydreaming and watching my team mates, Momma calls.
"We got the house! " she said.
"The one on the hill?!" This was the one I liked... it had a huge bonus room that I wanted for my room.
"Yes! "
That was that. Now, the chaos was soon to begin.
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