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HELP US BUY A HOUSE
Hello.
We are a family of four.Mom,son,daughter and dad.We are actually married and have been several years prior to children.These children are a mid life gift.Last year we moved from our rented north shore home of sixteen plus years to a nineteen fifteen built Victorian.We moved our plants along with our dreams.Both were flourishing until recently.We had a three to seven year option to own this charming old property.The owner has now listed the house for immediate sale.
Two week ends ago we visited the Galena territory,in northwestern Illinois.Galena is where we were married,on leap year,way before children.With the child on and two we stood in the doorway of the Judge for a family picture.In nineteen ninety five my wife and walked on a farm field just after an early October snow fall.We stood before a simple white farm house as the sun set in the west..the same place it always sets.This place was to be a part of our lives and dreams forever.It was some time before we understood the power.
Soon after our walk on the farm in "95" we took the test.Positive,we are with child!Two years later, two movies are the request of the little guy.Play it again daddy.For the love of the game.Son has told all who will listen that Roy Hobbs is the greatest ball player ever.Fast forward to Sept 2005.
On the twenty two mile drive from the Mississippi to Dyersville I tossed out math equations to distract him...from reading the signs.As we turned left to enter the long winding drive(I feel like I am in a movie)he asked"Is this what I think it is?"You see we have come full circle.The first time we did not know he was on the way.The last week end in September brought rains,with a break of sun for the last performance of the Ghost Players game.The team was formed after the release of the movie.Made up of many of the extras that walked into the corn in 1989.Twenty five kids were called up that Sunday.Twenty five to challenge the "Old Tymers"Our son was in the middle of the line up,a miss and a swing at a low pitch..followed by a boom to right field.A run to first base, was extended all the way to the out field by the first baseman,who plucked the plate from the wet Iowa mud to run back wards...yes ran back wards with plate aloft while a grinning nine year old chased the elusive two."Give him the run he went the distance"Hey thats a line from the movie!Give him the run,was the mustachioed manager's reply.We were in Iowa!
We are not in Iowa today we are back on the Michigan shore.This past week end we had a garage sale to prepare for the inevitable.I met two sisters who purchased a set of Poe that was printed in 1904.We exchanged stories about how we were on a baseball field before the birth and how this kid came to live for Americas past time.Her hands had done hard time in assembly at Harley.She pursued why I was selling treasure.I told her about the listing as we walked together about the property,she told how this was one of the neatest old houses in town.Then like a muse she told me to go the distance.Bam..a new friend, of minutes repeated to me the line ..from the movie.I inquired why?She fired back"You are the one for this house.She had admired our shaping of the once out of control bushes."You love this house"
I find peace in the journey from the snow covered baseball field of a movie set,the destination of thousands,the birth of a future "Hall of Famer"I am humbled by what appears to be destiny..an unborn child is drawn to the game.Build it and they will come.I almost lost both my wife and son prior to birth.A full previa was ours,thirteen weeks of bed rest after a severe loss of blood.We dealt with high temps for the next seven years,104 was frequent.The little guys immune system was under developed from the Iv's mom had during bed rest.In between we were blessed again.Baby number two the caboose was born standing,and we know she is around.
So here we are in mid life,drug/alcohol free, raising kids and trying to go the distance.We have never asked for help.Today the white work van returned to attach a sign on top of the for sale sign "THREE-FAMILY".My thoughts are mixed as I listen to a train make it's way north.Three new families?
Some times people listen.Now that you know some of our situation perhaps you can help us or find us an angel.Help can be in your own back yard.
We are not looking for a hand out,we can pay and work and maintain the property which we want to own.We need a private benefactor for special funding.
Donations appreciated.We are running against the clock,Tonight a Realtor called,to show the house 9/4/2005.This is reality.
Thank you for the time.
Go the distance.
this is in or around MILWAUKEE AREA
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