Building our future

We are buying a house, well building a house to be more exact.  We talked about buying for a while and would walk through various floor plans and neighborhoods and nothing ever clicked.  Mom was going to live with us when she retired.  We started searching for houses when we got here with her in mind.  The schilldren would dismiss a house w/too many stairs because of her knee. Or a house without a second living room because of her furniture.  Soon after she was killed we started looking for houses again as our family had grown.  It was too sad.  A house with stairs was something that we leaned toward because then it wasn't a house that Gramma would have lived in. But that made us sad too because it was blatantly not a house for Gramma.  Our realtor suggested building but we thought it was beyond our reach financially.  We met the builder anyway and everything has fallen into place. Step by step our house is growing.  It is such a beautiful thing because the house is new and fresh and doesn't come with history.  It didn't belong to a family that lost it to foreclosure (a fact that is pretty common we've discovered in our search) or it doesn't smack of being pro or anti Gramma since we are creating the floor plan to fit us each step of the way.  Today we met with the builder for the final time before they break ground and start building.  We picked out siding, shutters, roof shingles, and windows.  The final thing we needed to decide on was a front door.  So many choices.  We decided that we would give a nod to Gramma.  Something that will make us feel her presence every time we walk in or out. Something that will bring a smile to our faces.  We found the color of her lipstick.  It's a shade of mauve and burgundy and, dare I say  it, love.  All wrapped up into a front door.  The coolest part? The name of the color is Colorado, which is were the rest of our O'Day family is.  Perfect made even more perfect. Like I said every single step feels ordained and arranged. Filled with grace and anointed by God.  We are building future and it's being anchored on my Momma's kiss.