owning a home
i have never known the feeling of homeownership. we have lived in rental units all my life. my father was never able to plan well enough to afford to buy a house. he made grandiose plans of multimillion dollar projects instead. a little thing like a house to call one's own did not register in his visions of future success.
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i remember when we were in the eighth grade my best friend at the time had just moved into their first home in a posh neighborhood. she had come to class the next day and said: being in your own house is a feeling i could not express in words. i have never forgotten her comment. there were other kids in class who lived in family-owned houses but she was the one among us who had made that move at an age when it did impact you differently b/c you were conscious of it.
Allah is kind...so i was convinced that, one day i would know that feeling even if my father never did.
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i remember when we were in the eighth grade my best friend at the time had just moved into their first home in a posh neighborhood. she had come to class the next day and said: being in your own house is a feeling i could not express in words. i have never forgotten her comment. there were other kids in class who lived in family-owned houses but she was the one among us who had made that move at an age when it did impact you differently b/c you were conscious of it.
Allah is kind...so i was convinced that, one day i would know that feeling even if my father never did.
