We finally did and it was __5__ at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and __6__ of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of __7__ it would be like to live there.

　　Days later, we made a(n) __8__—far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn't __9__ us. They renewed their offer __10__. It was also much more than we could afford, but far __11__ than the original asking price.

　　The next day, we got a __12__ message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the __13__ directly. We made our final offer, which __14__ was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer's bid. We knew it, __15__ we had to try.

　　“Sold！” said the owner. Then he __16__： He'd seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we'd __17__ the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a __18__ by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the __19__ in the price “an early wedding present”．

　　That's how we found our home and how I learned that when people are __20__， they are not strangers, only friends we haven't yet met.

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