As if becoming pregnant wasn’t serendipitous enough, finding our new home was also connected to natural forces. Like I mentioned earlier, all of the neighborhoods that we were interested in were built in the 1970s or 1980s. Unfortunately, all the homes we could afford in those neighborhoods needed serious remodeling if we were to live in them. So when we discovered that there was a newly constructed house for sale in an older, established community, we were a bit confused. We soon learned that the serious drought last summer contributed directly to a fire that destroyed two neighboring houses in Wells Branch. Luckily no one was physically harmed, but both houses were leveled and one was rebuilt. The home that was rebuilt first was the one that we bought. The other one is just an empty plot of land right now, but it looks like they will be putting in a foundation soon.
The fire originally sparked in the neighbor’s backyard just last summer on Monday August 22, 2011. The neighbor had used a charcoal grill earlier in the day, and it is thought that an ember must have blown onto the dry grass. He was asleep when the fire began raging, but was luckily awoken by someone pounding on his door. There’s footage of the fire here (our property is on the left): http://www.kvue.com/home/Investigators-look-for-cause-of-Wells-Branch-destroying-a-home-damaging-another-128220638.html
Interestingly enough, the couple that lost the property next to ours found a very spiritual take on the whole disaster. This story gave me chills, watch the interview here: http://www.kvue.com/home/Wells-Branch-couple-counting-blessings-after-house-fire-128274198.html
All in all, this seems like a fitting place for a new beginning. Even the street address is symbolic – 2013: the year we expect our first child to be born.
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