Rio Rancho veteran and his family receive mortgage free home
'I consider myself very lucky, in 2009 in Afghanistan, it was an extremely difficult year, some of us didn't make it back, so I feel very lucky to be standing here today,' said Sgt. Mike Lawson.
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Like many service members, Lawson came back with PTSD and physical injuries. He said he needed help getting back to normal life at home. And after moving year after year while enlisted, the family now has a home of their own in Rio Rancho, thanks to the building homes for heroes program, 'Standing here in front of this amazing house, with my amazing family, and this amazing group building homes for heroes, feels like a dream,' expressed Lawson.
Mike and his wife, Crystal, and their three kids are leaving behind a 700 square foot apartment and starting their next chapter. 'I think we look back and we're not sure how we did it in the two-bedroom, one bath, but we made it work. And I don't think if you had told us back then, this is where we would be 15 years later, we wouldn't believe it. Not a chance,' shared Crystal Lawson.
It's a new home giving the family a place for lifelong memories and milestones. 'There's a saying, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. Today, I feel like the luckiest man alive,' said Lawson.
The Lawson family is moving in this week, and said they're looking forward to one tradition: ordering pizza on the first night in their new place.
Building Homes for Heroes has helped build or fix up 400 homes for veterans nationwide.
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