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Happy New year!
January 6, 2014
Happy New Year 2014 to all our family and friends near and far! As usual, the year ended on a crappy note. Just seems to be the theme in the last few years but I am so ready for things to start driving into a more positive zone!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
The building we were going into partnership with is now dead and gone. We were forced to move back into our old office building. The family member and partner we were in the building with said he was no longer interested in moving forward with the building. We are in shock at the loss of money, work, time, the energy spent, the hopes and dreams that are gone forever. Not only that, but a change in our family that we will most likely never heal from. Our business took a big hit with six months worth of lost work time because of all the time David was putting into the building and getting our side ready to open to the public.
I have had difficulty finding the words to properly express the hurt, anger and disappointment we are feeling over this entire situation. I really hate starting out the first blog of the new year with such a negative attitude but truthfully speaking, this building project has divided our family and caused the loss of one member of our family. There is simply no way to put a positive spin on that. This is real hard to even talk about right now because the words are coming from anger and I don't want to do that so I will just end saying any more with that being said.
Today sucked for sure! David and Kelli's vehicles wouldn't start because of the -10 degrees. My car did start but when David got to the office the tire was flatter than a pancake! Kid you not, this is the fourth tire we have had issues with this winter.
We patched the first tire, then got a used one for the second, got another brand new one for the third and now we will have to get another new one again. This is so depressing because right now times are super tight and money tight!
To top that all off our water pipes froze and are still frozen several hours later. The icing on the cake was finding out we could possibly lose the best account we have in our business which would severely cripple us for a long time to come. So you see, finding the positive to write about right now it really hard to do.
Both me and David are losing patience with living in Michigan and have given serious consideration to moving out of here. We talked about moving down south or possibly our west. The weather extreme makes it too hard to make a living here.
I would rather sell our home than to lose it to the bank one day if things don't pick up. I actually welcome a change in my life at this point but wonder which of my kids would follow us. I would find it really hard to leave them behind so I hope they would come with us or at least think about it
Why does life have to be so hard, it is not like we ask for a lot. We just want a home, a bit of security, a decent car and our family around. I really don't think that is too much to ask for. A simple life is alright by me and having my family close by and spending time together.
It was really hard to pack up our office and move back to the old one. Looking around the room and seeing the enormous potential each room had made me feel ill inside knowing it was all for nothing because there never would be anything, thoughts, hopes and dreams gone forever, at least in that building. Now we have to drive by it and see it standing there abandoned and nearly finished with the work on the inside. How could this all happen? How can one man live with causing so much disruption in the lives of people he called his family?
I don't know that we will ever fully recover from that loss but there is a feeling of relief to have the suspense of waiting and wondering hanging heavy over our heads. Now David finally knows where Scott stands so we can start to rebuild and repair the broken parts of our business, but the family part, that wont be so easy.
My heart feels very heavy for my son because he put so much of himself into this building project. He was so happy and for once in a long time feeling hope for the future he wanted to have. Now he is not only back to having nothing to look forward too, he is probably losing his home too. I don't understand how one person could have so much power and leverage over an entire family, a building project and a man. Who in this world is worth losing this much over? :(
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