Better luck next time...

Yeah. So after going through everything in my last post, the buyer for mom's house backed out on Monday. Yup. She had paid her deposit and even made us retest the radon over the weekend and she backed out Monday morning. We were not happy campers to say the least.
Seems she came to the conclusion that as a single mom, taking on a house this size was going to be too much. I agree, but wouldn't you have your limitations in mind BEFORE you even start looking?!
To make matters worse, I asked our realtor to please contact the other family that was bidding on the house at the same time to see if they are still interested. Ready for this? They bought the house ACROSS THE STREET AND TWO HOUSES DOWN FROM HERE!! Aghhhhh!!!!
The only thing I can say is that I am very thankful that we got our deposit back on the rental house. They are wonderful people. She had me in tears as I was thanking her for her kindness. She asked that we please call her if this house should sell soon so that she can try to get us in that house at that time.
So, it's back on the market and we are back to having people constantly traipsing through. We are holding on to the fact that maybe, just maybe, there will be a buyer that comes along with the timing that we will end up being able to move right into the new house.
Everything happens for a reason. Right?