I've been pondering lately as to what 'home' really means. Is home a feeling? Is home a place? Is home a destination, a journey, a person? What is home?
I recently was visited by my mom and her husband and while visiting my grandparents, her parents, someone said "welcome to Connecticut!" and then this was followed by another saying "welcome home!" --- At that moment, it struck me as odd, something I wanted to speak out about; this is no longer her home. This is her place of origin, her 'hometown' if you will, where she is from….but no longer her "home". She has made her nest in Texas, and that is where home to her is. This is just a destination.
This has also got me thinking of how a person I'm very close with calls my house her home, not where she actually resides, not with the people she shares genes with. With me, my family, in my home.
What makes a home? Is it the people? The place? The love?
What is home to you?
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