Ron Alexander shared Unstoppable Family's photo.
Unstoppable Family with Hanalei Swan-Unstoppable Kids and 2 others at Hanalei Bay.
7 years ago today Brian Swan, Hanalei and I departed San Diego to travel the world. What started out as a 2 year trip to re-focus our energy after a tough loss ...in real-estate turned into the life we are living today.
I remember this day like it was yesterday. .
I remember this day like it was yesterday. .
Brian's phone rang, I can still hear the ring tone clear as a bell. (The iphone ringer that plays the piano riff) it was our lawyer calling.
"Hey Brian, you with Rhonda"? he said. "Yea, she's sitting right here, what's up" he replied.
.
"After going over everything, your best bet is to file bankruptcy on this project before you go any deeper. Otherwise, you will be living this nightmare for a very.... long time", he said with a silent pause.
"It's your best option, this guy has your name on every document, and you are being held liable for everything. Good thing is, because of your credit and your history you will be able to walk away from the liability" he said with a confidant tone.
.
I was sitting on the couch next to Brian holding Hanalei, she was 6 months old. I could see the look in Brian's eye's that this wasn't what we expected to hear. We thought for sure we would be able to fight the lawsuit and beat this guy, but there was no use. The damage was done and we had to take responsibility for our choices.
.
This would mean losing our home, our cars and the investment we put into this project.
.
We would have to start over financially.
I walked into Hanalei's newly painted room. Pink walls with small cherub angels on the ceiling holding beautiful ribbons that said "abundance", "believe", "prosperity" and "love".
.
They were on the ceiling so that when I rocked her in the pink velvet rocking chair next to her bed she could see them, I would sing to her and read each ribbon aloud each night.
.
I sat down in the rocker with tears in my eyes, and instead of feeling joy and happiness that I should have when holding your 6 month old baby, I felt a deep fear that made me weep so deeply inside that I couldn't sing or read to her the words from the ceiling.
.
After 30 minutes of feeling helpless and worthless, a deep sense of confidence ran through me like a lightening bolt.
I stopped crying, and looked at my new baby in the eye's and said;
.
"My vow to you was to raise you, to be with you everyday and to never put you in daycare, and I will live up to that vow no matter what it takes". At that moment I had no idea how I was going to do that, but I was committed.
.
8 months later our house was sold, and everything in it.
.
We went from having a net worth of over a million, to $23K to our name, and a vow to never put my baby in daycare and to continue to live our dreams.
.
On November 25th, 2008 we stepped onto a plane and started this very journey we are living today.
Today we celebrate life, freedom and our vow to never put our baby girl ( who is now 8 1/2 years old) in daycare. Today we are grateful for that phone call we got from our lawyer that pushed us into making a drastic decision that has changed our life for the better.
.
Today we are grateful, and forever we will be UNSTOPPABLE.
Love to you all, The Unstoppable Family.
.
#BeUnstoppable
.
There was an exercise we went through that changed our perspective on the situation called "How To Create Your Perfect Day".
A few years ago Brian re-created this exercise and we want to share it with you as our gift on this special day.
.
Watch Video:
http://createyourperfectdays.com
(When you're done, let Brian know your thoughts...he'll really appreciate it)
.
* Hanalei Bay, Kauai when we started our unstoppable journey together.
"Hey Brian, you with Rhonda"? he said. "Yea, she's sitting right here, what's up" he replied.
.
"After going over everything, your best bet is to file bankruptcy on this project before you go any deeper. Otherwise, you will be living this nightmare for a very.... long time", he said with a silent pause.
"It's your best option, this guy has your name on every document, and you are being held liable for everything. Good thing is, because of your credit and your history you will be able to walk away from the liability" he said with a confidant tone.
.
I was sitting on the couch next to Brian holding Hanalei, she was 6 months old. I could see the look in Brian's eye's that this wasn't what we expected to hear. We thought for sure we would be able to fight the lawsuit and beat this guy, but there was no use. The damage was done and we had to take responsibility for our choices.
.
This would mean losing our home, our cars and the investment we put into this project.
.
We would have to start over financially.
I walked into Hanalei's newly painted room. Pink walls with small cherub angels on the ceiling holding beautiful ribbons that said "abundance", "believe", "prosperity" and "love".
.
They were on the ceiling so that when I rocked her in the pink velvet rocking chair next to her bed she could see them, I would sing to her and read each ribbon aloud each night.
.
I sat down in the rocker with tears in my eyes, and instead of feeling joy and happiness that I should have when holding your 6 month old baby, I felt a deep fear that made me weep so deeply inside that I couldn't sing or read to her the words from the ceiling.
.
After 30 minutes of feeling helpless and worthless, a deep sense of confidence ran through me like a lightening bolt.
I stopped crying, and looked at my new baby in the eye's and said;
.
"My vow to you was to raise you, to be with you everyday and to never put you in daycare, and I will live up to that vow no matter what it takes". At that moment I had no idea how I was going to do that, but I was committed.
.
8 months later our house was sold, and everything in it.
.
We went from having a net worth of over a million, to $23K to our name, and a vow to never put my baby in daycare and to continue to live our dreams.
.
On November 25th, 2008 we stepped onto a plane and started this very journey we are living today.
Today we celebrate life, freedom and our vow to never put our baby girl ( who is now 8 1/2 years old) in daycare. Today we are grateful for that phone call we got from our lawyer that pushed us into making a drastic decision that has changed our life for the better.
.
Today we are grateful, and forever we will be UNSTOPPABLE.
Love to you all, The Unstoppable Family.
.
#BeUnstoppable
.
There was an exercise we went through that changed our perspective on the situation called "How To Create Your Perfect Day".
A few years ago Brian re-created this exercise and we want to share it with you as our gift on this special day.
.
Watch Video:
http://createyourperfectdays.com
(When you're done, let Brian know your thoughts...he'll really appreciate it)
.
* Hanalei Bay, Kauai when we started our unstoppable journey together.
No comments:
Post a Comment