We bought our first house in the Fall of 1988. We were a young couple with one baby girl, and excited about the way things were playing out. Of course, buying the house, putting up window treatments and furnishing it with lots of hand-me-downs resulted in two things: We were thrilled, and we were broke. The future looked bright, at least for a little while. Shortly after buying the house, I was laid off from my job. I was unemployed...
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