I drove by our old house yesterday. It hurt a bit, but not as much as it used to. I still miss the backyard and the flat top stove and the comfortable life we had.

I recently found someone linking to my husband’s blog by saying,

“If you had a total debt of $556,848.38, could you make yourself a man …”

I don’t know the person who wrote that sentence, but his words meant a lot to me. They made me proud. My husband is a real man. A man who stands up and does what’s right even when it’s hard. And sometimes it is very hard.

This debt has changed him. It has changed me and changed who our children will become. I believe these lessons are worth the tuition.