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A grand two-story brick house with a wraparound porch and rocking chairs sits on a manicured lawn with a basketball hoop, bathed in golden sunset light.

A grand two-story brick house with a wraparound porch and rocking chairs sits on a manicured lawn with a basketball hoop, bathed in golden sunset light.

Winding roads. Manicured lawns. Mature trees. And then there it is. My new home. The House. Two stories of brick and siding, with a wraparound porch that looks like it belongs on the cover of Southern Living. There are massive planters bursting with flowers. Basketball hoop in the driveway. Rocking chairs, where two people might sit outside and relax. Watch the sunset... It’s large. Imposing. And entirely too grown-up for people our age. It looks like a house owned by someone who files their taxes early and knows how to make pasta from scratch on a Sunday, simply because they have a giant blender with the proper attachments. See more