Context: Last year we lost our home of 20 years to a house fire. We lost all of our belongings but thankfully nobody was hurt. 
Speaker 1: Last year we lost our home of 20 years to a house fire. 
Speaker 2: Oh no!  I can't even imagine that - was everyone ok?
Speaker 1: Yes, thankfully everybody was safe. Nobody was even home when it happened. 
Speaker 2: I'm so glad that everyone was ok.  But I know that was devastating - did you rebuild?
Speaker 1: No, we just bought another house closer to town. It was sad losing everything that we had. 