I don’t want to sound presumptuous, but for many of us, a home is something we cherish. I don’t simply mean those who inhabit it necessarily, but I’m talking about the actual physical structure itself. Think back when you were looking for a place to call a home. What exactly were you looking for? Was it a particular neighborhood? Was it something specific in the actual structure of a house – a design perhaps? Was it a combination of the two? Or, was it your own unique design? Whatever the impetus, it is a process that can be consuming. Regardless of what you were specifically looking for, there is one thing that binds us all together when looking for a home. In essence, we are looking for a place that not only moves us, but we are also looking for a place that we can see ourselves grow into over the years. It has to be a good fit, but it also has to have some room for growth as well. There needs to be a perfect balance between the two. And just like the members of our family, we want a home to become a part of us – an inanimate, but important member of our family.
At WAPADH’s Housing Services, the questions, insight, and overall experience found in the aforementioned paragraph is something that we strive for when we are in the process of looking for a home for one of our clients. It is not only a necessary ritual to go through, but it is an important one as well. It’s an important right of passage for all of our clients who are proactively exercising their freedom and taking that significant step of living in their own home for the first time. I don’t think any of us can argue the fact that there is no greater challenge or reward that accompanies the process of finding a home of one’s own. It is a process that doesn’t escape our clients as well. They experience the highs and the lows, and the certainties and the doubts found in this unique process. In a sense, these feelings are a good thing because they mirror the experiences that everyone goes through when finding a home. When it’s all said and done, these feelings remain with us forever. They become a part of us. In short, these feelings become the foundation, the initial step in finding our place in the world that will bring forth countless experiences that will last a lifetime. In short, our motto could very well be: Incipit Vita Nova — Here Begins New Life.
If you haven’t given much thought to the actual process of looking for that perfect place to call a home, you might want to stop and think about it for a bit. See what thoughts come to mind and what feelings it stirs. No matter what your experience might have been, whether good or bad, there is no doubt that you can probably recall it vividly and in the end smile because it was all worth it. You have a place to call a home.
