After reading a couple of my peers’ stories inspired by the concept of “home”, I quickly wrote a list of terms that were floating around my head. The amount of variety and contrast within the list really demonstrates that “home” is not something we all view in a similar fashion and is inherently elastic. It can be internal or external, and personal or expansive. These are the terms I have identified:

• Surroundings
• Setting
• Memories
• Thoughts
• Feelings
• Belonging
• Identity
• Family
• Friends
• Safe
• Isolation
• Connection
• Community
• Past
• Future