“After we sold in Cloverdale (at a loss) and moved to Vancouver, we didn’t have the money to buy a new house because of the price differential. We had a sick child who required constant care from a live-in caregiver (whom we paid generously, btw). So we couldn’t afford to buy. Oh well, life’s just like that. We rented, and I learned (again) that rental houses require less of my energy than the house we “owned” and which had taken over my life.”