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At long last, “home”

Besides a 9 month stint, I’ve never lived alone. Now, at almost 52, and after two years floating between friend’s homes to family’s homes after my divorce, I will finally live on my own! I found a home! I thought this moment would never come, and although I’m a bit anxious, I’m excited at the […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Finding my new home with UpNest

Since I was a little girl I tried to prepare myself for the worst, maybe in weird ways, but still, I would imagine what would happen if… Any case scenario worked. As I grew older I still did the same but more realistically. Even before I got divorced I would check out, in this case, […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

The unexpected circle of life

Here I am 21 years later living in the same apartment I landed in when I came to the city of San Francisco. Life is full of surprises and as I walked through the park on my way here this evening, I was smiling at the irony of it all. I’ve come full circle to […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

The difficulty of finding a place to call home.

Home is where you go to hide, where you feel safe and part of. Some of us take forever to feel at home, to find a place that guarantees all the above.