Jake Graham

I see I have a lot of questions like this in my mentions, so let me explain. 😊 If you’ve followed me for any time at all, you know my heart is, and will ~always~ be in Montana. 🤍🥹 I already miss it terribly, and am already looking forward to many visits back to Montana in the future. But my daughter who lives in Texas is going to be having her first baby, and I desperately want to be able to be the family and support for her that I have never had in my own life. ❤️‍🩹 I was unable to find a suitable home in Texas on my very limited budget, so I had to settle on a home in Oklahoma as a stepping stone towards Texas. I’m still MUCH closer than a 3 day road trip from Montana, and can be to her house in a pinch in about 6 1/2 hours, if I drive very fast. 😅 I figure I will fix up this place a bit, and in about a year or so *hopefully* flip it for a little profit, and then make the final move to Texas to be closer to my kiddo and her family. 🤞🏼 I’m not gonna lie… the house I got is a bit of a dump, but like I told @Pardon_Me_Again, it’s MY dump. 🥰😂 But I’m quite handy, and I do love taking something ugly and making it beautiful again. 🥹👉🏼👈🏼 It’s a bit of a general hobby for me. Whether it’s homes, cars, furniture or even people, I love a good makeover project! ☺️ So yeah, my eyes well up a bit every single time I think of what I left behind in Montana, and I fear my heart will always ache a bit for it. 🥺💔 But there are no mountain views, rivers, lakes or streams that measure up to the opportunity to nurture relationships with your children and their children. 🥲♥️ So I have up and moved to a town I’ve never been to, where I literally don’t even know one person. All to try to be closer to my daughter and to be able to be close to my future grandchildren and be involved in their lives. Every hard time or sacrifice will absolutely be worth it. To say it is bittersweet would be a vast understatement. But some things are worth sacrificing for. And I’m embracing the change, and am looking forward with hope and excitement for whatever the future will bring. 🙏🏼 And now I MUST get back to cleaning and fixing and unpacking and getting settled. The chaos of the move has been pretty stressful on the pups, and I need to get this house feeling like home for them so they can feel a bit of normalcy again. 🥹🫶🏼

@Oilfield_Rando @instapundit God, I miss my beloved Montana. 🥲