Home:
noun
- the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household:
- the family or social unit occupying a permanent residence
- a place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates
These are just some definitions of home in the Oxford Dictionary. Yet the definitions I found in my peer’s blog were vast – literally.
Home is not always a permanent residence. It can be a place with culture, food, and good conversation. These things can move along with you and you can bring them and make anywhere a home – even at a place you feel out of place, you can make it homely.
Home is not always in your blood. Or even human. It is where the dog sleeps, drinks, and plays with you. Or it can be where you play until dusk with smiles and voices that live out of your four walls of your permanent residence. These smiles and voices and feelings stay with us, even when our walls change.
Home is where one flourishes. It is why I believe home is so closely related to our childhoods – to our origins. It is when we grow the quickest and the most, with little delay. We’ve dug our holes and have rooted ourselves in place. But we continue to grow and reach and wrap around places, people, things, and feelings as we go on with our lives, anchoring ourselves into these things along the way.
References:
Cheung, Chris. “2.1 Eastern Dreams on Western Shores.” UBC Blogs. 2014. Web. 3 Feb. 2014. <https://blogs.ubc.ca/chrischeung/2014/01/29/2-1-eastern-dreams-on-western-shores/>
“home.” Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press, 2014. Web. 3 Feb 2014.
Mohr, Deanna. “Home is Where the Dog is (L2.1 Assignment 2).” UBC Blogs. 2014. Web. 3 Feb. <https://blogs.ubc.ca/deannamohr/2014/02/02/home-is-where-the-dog-is-l2-1-assignment-2/>