Two years ago today, I bought my first house!

Oddly, it’s in a retirement community, I’m too young to live there, and we’re barred from renting the place out.

But it’s still been great! We bought it—in our names—for my mom. She sold her old house and gifted us the proceeds, which we use it to pay for this new house where she now lives. Her life has vastly improved since then—a better house to age in, way more friends, lots of activities, no stress. It’s been awesome 🙌

A smiling man wearing glasses and a woman in a Glacier Bay Alaska sweatshirt are standing together in a modern kitchen.An elderly woman with glasses and a pink shirt is smiling while holding a small key in a kitchen setting.