# The Day We Bought Our Home

2026-07-21 · English
#family #belonging #milestones #home #homeownership

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Purchasing our first home was more than a real estate transaction. It was a statement: *we belong here. This is ours. This is home.*

The uncertainty of the hunt, can we actually afford this, so many questions for a newbie home buyer. So many hopes and plans for the future. Getting the keys finally, surreal. This is ours now, what goes where? What needs fixing? Let's paint that blue. Accent walls here and there. How do we make this ours, after renting for decades and never actually owning the walls you live in. 

We over bid on the asking price, and opted out of a home inspection (good idea, probably not). But these are the times we live in now. Competition just to get the bid. 

Now it's ours, to fix up, personalize, live in, grow in. Our home...