About ten years ago my husband and I saw this beautiful house in the weekend paper.

That very moment he called the estate agent to make an appointment to see it! At that time I thought he was being foolish to even think of it. Both of us were unemployed and I had a baby that was a couple of months old. It was an extremely difficult time for us, but nevertheless we went to have a look.

The house we went to see was in a lovely quiet suburb. It was a triple story with long pillars in front. It was called the Pink Palace. It was even more beautiful then the picture. When we stepped inside, it had presence and it was so stunning. Of course, the agent took us on a tour and also left us alone to explore further. I said a little prayer and just took in everything I saw.

We left and I even took a lotto ticket at the time, 10 million was up for grabs. Strangely I blurted out the right numbers, but the next day played the numbers next to it. To cut a long story short we did not get that lucky.

Today many years later, we built a double story with long pillars.

We did not even think of that house while planning our dream home. There are so many similarities though.

It just shows when you have a deep desire for something and you really believe it’s possible to achieve, your dreams and aspirations can come true!