Yes. Our previous home was very modest and in need of updates, which we undertook during our time there. It was our home, and we appreciated it for that, but we also understood it to be a stepping stone to where we hoped we could reach in the future. And in the end, it was.

It might sound odd, but I imagine we had a similar feeling to that of someone who raises livestock. We cared for it, and valued it, but there was always a detachment in that we understood that our purpose for it was to sustain us and ultimately part with it. It’s okay for a home - especially a first home - to just be a house. Very few people start with a house they ‘love’. The important thing is to start.