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Background

Medi has lived in the same house, with her father who built it, and her kids and now grandkids and soon great grand kids. The home and the family have been central to her life. This is her story:

Dailey Life

Her father built the home in 1973 and they have been living there as a family ever since. This one home and being a home owner in the small town of Coelemu, has given her family the opportunities they needed to make a living. The size and design of the house allows for consistent renters, providing a consistent income in a family where the men have proven to live short lives. Both her father and her husband died young and left the women of the family to make ends meet.

She has two daughters who have one child each, making up her grandchildren who are now teenagers and almost ready to start families of their own. She talks of family as the main focus of her life, and the home being the center place of refuge. Even as a wild fire rages next to her backyard, she doesn’t want to evacuate and leave the home where she’s lived her entire life.

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Her Perspective

With a focus on home and family, Medi has built the foundation of her life on those two pillars. There’s been ups and downs and challenges as every family goes through, but her home has become an “encanto” and a refuge this family has come to rely on for years.

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