There are memorable days, and all I can think of it truly resembling is childbirth. You carry this life around for 9 months… go through 30 hours of delivery only to say to your self when that beautiful being arrives, “I could do that again, it really wasn’t so bad.” If I was a cigar smoker, I’d be lighting up right now! #attitude

Today my sellers and I birthed a big closing. We carried this bad boy about 2 1/2 years, stayed up nights with heartburn and cried sometimes with empathy, sometimes out of pure frustration and sometimes from pure exhaustion. I will say, never before have I had two customers work with me, walk beside me so closely in a transaction. The market sucked, there were buyers that sucked, some days it was hard to shake all that off. It truly was, was an exercise in loyalty, of stamina, of creativity, and a test of mental fortitude, inner strength, and the delivery of kindness despite the odds. #Latitude. However, those things that I gave this couple… were what they experienced, and better, it’s what they gave to me in return. Today, despite the journey, the happiness and relief was welcomed and received with gratitude for much more than “the sale.” I was simply lucky to be there to take it all in.

What didn’t matter today? 2 1/2 years.

My customers have become more than Realtor and customer, we have become friends, family. Sometime is this business you are just that lucky. In fact, that was the sweet message that I received after this closing today. somehow, I just smiled and said to myself, I could do that all over again, and I would.