Selling the house

I've never really experienced "moving." I mean, I moved with my family when I was 4 and my parents still own that house! They've been there almost 30 years but are sadly about to put it on the market to sell. I moved out, gradually, after getting engaged to my husband, but really all I owned fit in my bedroom and consisted of a bed, dresser and some clothes.
Although we thought we'd only spend a few years in this house, we've been here since 2008... 8 years! We remodeled every room in this house, and had 3 babies here. While I've wanted so long to move out and move on from here, at this point I will be sad to leave the memories made here for our family.

We've met with a friend of ours who is a realtor. A friend of Jon's was going to buy the house so we thought everything was wrapped up nice and  tight and this part of the move would be easy.... haha yeah right! He backed out. So now it'll go on the market.

Okinawa, Japan

Well, 10 years at this base (my first base, and close to my family) and a few short years from retirement, Jon got orders overseas! I was sure he'd retire here. I never thought he'd get orders anywhere, let alone back to his first duty station that he loved so much.
Back in August I got a text from Jon saying we'd have to "sell the house sooner than we thought"...  and that was it! I finally told him not to leave me in suspense and that's when he told me he was getting orders to Kadena AB in Okinawa! I was in the back of a greyhound bus with 2-week-old Geraldine just leaving Operation Shower (more on that here) with about 20 women that I didn't even know!
Of course, I called my mom who I talk to about every little thing that goes on in my life!
She was not thrilled... in fact, she cried.
I did not think that one through. I guess I was just in shock and needed to tell someone, and she's my go-to, my BFF...
I'm sad that she's sad, and I  completely understand why she is.
I'm sad because it's going to be incredibly hard to be so far from my family.
I'm scared because, well, we'll be living in a foreign country!
I'm nervous because, well, we'll be living in a foreign country!
I'm overwhelmed with all that has to be done.
I'm also excited for the opportunity for us as a family and for our kids. How many kids get the opportunity to live in a foreign country?!