The night before our closing, we stayed up till almost 4:00 in the morning cleaning, caulking and painting. We realized that most people would have just packed their things and left whatever needed to be done for the next owners at this point. But, we're not most people. Although, many times throughout the weeks leading up to this point and certainly during the wee hours of the morning before the closing, I wanted to just give up and do like most people would have done. But, my own desire to honor this home and the next owners of it combined with the motivation of my wife's unfaltering commitment to her desire to do the...
