I had a heck of a Memorial Day weekend (May 25^th -27^th) several weeks ago and was getting ready to blog all about it. I had three clients scheduled one on Saturday, Sunday and Monday all looking for land for sale in the Asheville area. Luckily I had all my previewing of property completed early and had my itinerary complete for each day for each client. Then late on Thursday evening I get a referral for a couple from Texas looking for a historic home close to Asheville in the one million to 1.7 million range. They would only be in town a short while on Sunday afternoon 1-6 pm, as they were looking at several other properties in Western North Carolina area.

After taking several deep breathes I did some creative rescheduling with my existing clients and set up some previews of homes that meet my couples' home criteria. Of course, many of these homes required that a listing agent accompany me on the preview which also required some creative scheduling since it was Memorial Day weekend and several of the agents were a bit annoyed I was coming in so late. So Saturday evening after looking at land for 7 hours during the day I started a half an hour late previewing 6 historic Asheville homes in 2 hours in coordination with all the respective listing agents.

Now I usually call my mother every Sunday morning and knew I would not be able to do that this weekend so I called her while in my car driving from house to house. My mom has probably looked at over 1000 homes in her day and is what we would call a professional looker. She loved to look for her dream home but something would always not be just right.  Anyway, my mom thoroughly enjoyed every detail of each beautiful home that I previewed that evening and I could tell that she wished she was with me going through each home. The conversation also helped me remember what I had just seen since there was not a lot of time to take notes.  I finished just at dark and had some remarkable properties to show on Sunday afternoon.

The call came Sunday morning the 26th while I was out showing property. The Texas couple had found another community they liked and would be buying a home there. This is a roller coaster business and of course was disappointed, but had to put on the game face since I was with my Sunday clients. I saved it all up for when I got home and my wonderful wife got to listen to mt tale of woe, even though the Texas couple told me up front that they were looking at other places as well. So in the end I chalked the whole experience up as a learning experience and went on my merry way until the next week.

Next Sunday morning, June 3rd I called my mom to tell her about the weeks events and discovered that she had just passed away, something that was totally unexpected. Needless to say the last two weeks have been extremely rough and the fog is just starting to lift a bit.  But one of the things that helps me out when I am feeling sad about her being gone is knowing that the last talk I had with my mom was about something that made her extremely happy and that is a memory that I will always hold to and cherish. And I do give thanks to that couple from Texas who briefly came into my life that Memorial Day weekend because I know they were never meant to be just my clients but were sent specifically for my mom and myself. The Universe does unfold exactly as it should ... even if we do not realize it at the time.  Thanks for listening.