So long to home ownership!

Someone completed escrow on "our" home. We were 1 week from the end of escrow when Countrywide fell apart. I am emotionally struggling with this today. I really wanted some place to call my own... some sense of stability. Stability may equal stagnant in some vocabularies... I want a safe place for my kids to grow up that won't be taken away. A parsonage doesn't offer that luxury. Honestly, after going through a catastrophic house fire, will I ever feel stable? or will I cower in constant apprehension that we will once again lose everything?