on the liner under the sink was a cow print – white with black spots. simply put, i adore cows; they are one of my favorite animals on the planet. as soon as i saw that print, i knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that even though that was not the house i wanted, it would be okay. and you know what? it was. we lived in that house for twenty years and honestly, it worked better for us than the other house would have.
once our boys left home and we no longer had the responsibility of caring for my aging parents we could get serious about moving back 