Letting it go!

If you are friends with me on my facebook where I do my weight loss challenges you know the end result of something I have been dealing with for well over a year.  It saddens me and stresses me out to no end. But ANYWAY, we will be moving.

Four years ago we started to "rent to own" a townhouse.  I LOVE this house.  Braiden and Andrew (my grandchildren) both were brought home to this house from the hospital.  Last September 5th we received a knock on the door.  It was a man from a real estate company letting me know that the house that we had paid faithfully on had been bought by a bank because of foreclosure.  My husband and I immediately went to a lawyer and found out our rights and thankfully there was a law in place that protected "renting tenants".  Mind you, we had to come to the realization that the 32,000$ that we had paid the previous 3 years was gone.

A week later we got a strange call from the real estate company.  It was the owner and she was asking really odd questions.  To make a long story short, the real estate agent that we had dealt with was terminated for fraud.  He hadn't even been reporting that the property was still being managed by that real estate firm.  He had been pocketing our money since the very beginning.  He had been giving the owner less and less money and stating that we weren't paying.  Then the last year he had told the owner that he was trying to evict us but we were never home and the papers couldn't get served all while taking our payments each month.  We had just paid him for the month of September, 2012 3 days prior and the owner didn't even own the home any longer.  We also found out that we were not the only ones he had done this too.  There were 7 other clients that he had been taking from. r

The bank took over our lease and said we were free to stay until the market improved and they were ready to sell.  Our new lease ends October 31st and we just received news that they were indeed going to sell.  It breaks my heart that I have to move from so many memories and that I was so faithful in paying. 

At first when I received the letter that we would have to move, all the old anger toward this agent back rushing back.  Then this morning it dawned on me that I need to forgive this man.  I cannot hold anger in my heart because I do not know his situation.  I mean I do know he was arrested and that he lost his real estate license and his home but I didn't walk in his shoes.  Now I am not saying it gave him any right to steal from us or anyone else.  What I am saying is it ISN'T my RIGHT to judge him.  The anger in my heart doesn't change the situation so I am letting that go.

I will be moving in the next 7 weeks or so and hopefully I can find a home that I love just as much as this one and I can make new memories.  I will be stressed until I find a place no doubt and I am praying and determined to not let it have an impact on my journey. If you could offer any prayers I would surely appreciate it.  I believe in the power of prayer.  I have seen too many miracles happen not too.

Wish us luck!