Priceless

"Don't think of cost. Think of value."

Often times I find myself  evaluating and logging in my brain the cost of everything. With Chris being gone a lot I am the financial guru of our family. I find myself making spread sheets and monitoring numbers on a daily basis. As many of you know it is very hard to be the person in charge. Sometimes financial choices have to be made and as a hotshot wife we have to make them. ALONE. It takes a strong, confident person to make hard choices alone.  

We have recently started to build our home together. It is almost complete and we are so excited to move in. Even amidst all of the excitement I find myself having a small anxiety attack over costs. When you get through such a huge project, the end is where the bills start to freak you out a little. Being the person that handles all of our finances, I feel like I am the sole person in charge. I am the one that needs to keep us on budget. At times it is very stressful.

We are getting close to closing on our loan and paying off all of our small debts we have collected along the way. We have been trying to watch our money but still fill our home with things that we will need. I have been monitoring numbers like a crazy woman. The only thing I have been able to think about is money.

Then, today I came across this quote. "Don't think of cost. Think of value." It was so simple that I could have easily overlooked it. Thankfully I didn't, because it allowed me to reevaluate my thought process. I began to change my thinking from what we owe to the value of what we have. I cannot even begin to explain the value of my home. I started picturing the unfinished rooms. I pictured a Christmas tree with our future children opening presents, a dining room table full of family, cook outs in the back yard with our friends, a first birthday party, Chris walking through the front door after being gone on a long assignment, Oscar and I piled up on the couch together.

Then, I began to realize that the value of our home out weighs the cost. It is worth every penny being spent. For years we will be able to enjoy our home with our family, friends and co workers. It is a place that I want everyone to feel welcome. It is a place that we can laugh, cry, pray, have new experiences, and grow old together. To me that is priceless. I may spend the next thirty years paying off a loan but my children will have a home that they will grow up in. I am so thankful for our many blessings. I am so blessed to have a beautiful home to share.