How Losing My Home Improved My Life From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness By Lisa Swan Coming out of your comfort zone is tough in the beginning, chaotic in the middle, and awesome in the end… because in the end, it shows you a whole new world. ~Manoj Arora "I'm sorry, Lisa, but Debbie and I are going to move back into the house. You're going to have to find another place to live." I couldn't quite believe what Neil, my landlord, was telling me on that warm April night. I'm going to have to move? But I want to stay right here where I am. This is my home! I had tears in my eyes, and so did he. I had lived on the first floor of his Staten Island two-family house for more than twelve years — longer than I had lived in any place since my childhood home. Ever since I moved back to the New York City area in 2000, Neil, a butcher in his fifties, had been like family to me. (Keep reading) |
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