They say, “Home is where the heart is.” James Otis said, “A [person’s] home is [their] castle.” There are books on buying a home, creating a home, remodeling the home you have, loving your home, and making a second home.
But what, exactly, is “home”?
For me, I don’t feel “at home” unless there are books, a piano, and cats. Failing cats, at least pets of some kind, preferably mammals. That’s what’s necessary to make it not just a house, but a home. I’m always puzzled by people without books. I’m told there is a creature who is “not a reader,” but that is as alien to me as breathing the atmosphere on Venus. And no pets? What blasphemy is that?
More esoteric, perhaps, is the existence of a piano. I wander, room to room, wondering what’s missing, and if I see a piano, I stop, comforted. Somehow, the fact of the piano calms me and lets me know I’m in a place that can be called a home.
While musing on home, and creating art, and music, and all sorts of other things that writers muse upon at the crest of a new year, I created the mandala above. It’s a word art representing the question of “What is home?”
But I’m curious, Dear Reader: what makes you feel at home?
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Thank you, Delilah, for hosting me at Chez Delilah! It’s great to be here.
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Home??? Home is my sanctuary, my safe place and my heart. I’m a BIG home body so I spend a lot of time in my home. Love to be here with just me and my husband. We may go for hours without saying a word and that’s ok. Wherever we are, together, is home.
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My laptop, Nook HD and Sleep Number bed with adjustable frame, my fur baby and my hubby make home for me.
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Hi, Shirley! That sounds so romantic. 🙂 I like the idea that your home is the people, in the form of your husband, rather than the place.
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Hi, ButtonsMom! I love the Sleep Number bed idea. That made me chuckle out loud. 🙂
Thanks for taking the time to comment!
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Home is comfort, peace and safety. It can include God, family, friends, animals, smells, tastes, activities, scenery, music or art, even things. Whatever makes you feel those feelings!
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Hi, Vi! I think those are good things to include on one’s list. 🙂
Thanks for taking the time to comment!
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Hi Catherine
What makes a home? It’s what makes you feel at home. For me, it’s my books, a throw on my chair, a few soft pillows, family pictures, plants and special do dads.
I’m with you on the books but not on the pets. But that’s what so great about what makes a home for you and what makes one for me.
Thank you Delilah for having Catherine as a guest today. And, what a wonderful thought thinking question.
Thank you ladies for your time,
Ginger
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Hi, Ginger! Thank you for stopping by and for taking the time to comment. I like your description of the things that make you feel at home. 🙂
Thanks again!
Noony