So this past Sunday I spoke to my students about "Contentment" and how I still screw that up at age 25. These past few weeks I feel that God has really been preparing my heart for some things to come, but in order for me to fully be ready for it I have to let go of something I don't want to.
Many of you know that Tracy and I would one day like to have kids and our plan is about 5 years down the road to do so. One huge value to both of us is to have Tracy home with our child and become a full time stay at home mom. In order for that to happen it would take some smart financial planning and getting rid of any debt we owe. It's so easy to let your eyes get bigger than they should and with two incomes you could get a LOT of nice stuff. But when we actually started dreaming about how that would look like for Trace to stay home in five years we realized a major debt of our has to go.
Thanks to some wisdom from family, friends, and God we have made the decision to say goodbye to my toy that I have only had for 6 months, my stinkin' sweet truck! You can view the Cars.com listing of my truck HERE. If you know anyone who is looking for an awesome truck send them my way, please!
Once we get this sold we will knock out 1 of 2 things that has us in debt, now if we can only get our house in Jacksonville, FL sold, we'll be on our way to being debt free (except for our NC house).
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Kudos for being open about this on the blog world. . .
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Eddie and Tracy,
I think it is great that you are forward thinking (and selfless) enough to already be planning for the financial health of your family. A truck is just a truck (Yes yours IS nice) but you will never regret the trade-off for financial peace. Joleen and I have thanked God many times that He planted a desire to live off one income when we were younger. That allowed Joleen to stay home with when Jared was born and it has been a huge blessing to us. We will keep praying for the truck and FLA to happen.
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