A family in our ward is moving. I overheard them talking to someone in a ward about the details of the day. I offered some extra boxes (I have been keeping the ones that the PC product comes in and they would be good for some big items). She told me they would still be in the ward and told me where they were moving.
The next week I asked her if they were going to a bigger house or a smaller house. They have a married daughter, a single daughter with a Masters Degree who lives elsewhere and comes to visit, and a son who is a senior in HS and will go on a mission next year. I thought I heard a few years ago that he was getting close to retirement.
I was surprised and saddened when she told me the house they were going to was a rental home because they had "lost their home". This is common phrase these days as home values drop and houses become "upside down"- that means they owe more than it is worth and also that they may be unable to make those larger payments.
Then she shared that she felt it was a combination of "the kitchen remodel" and "furlough days" that were their undoing.
My small, boring kitchen looked ever so good after that. We, too had been hit with furlough days and a loss of income because of it.
