This week we shared stories about home and what it means (With much difficulty, I managed to share mine). I was definitely intrigued to see what other perspectives my classmates would bring. After reading several blogs, I managed to find several common shared assumptions about “home”:
1.) It is our perception of home that truly matters.
This segment from Jenny’s blog captures this quite well: “home isn’t exclusively an address on one’s driver license. For me, home was also a feeling of familiarity and comfort”. Similar to what I wrote in my previous blog, the specifics of a location aren’t as important as how we feel towards it.
2.) We find the comforts of ‘home’ through relationships.
This was one of the most common features that I found when reading through other blogs. The idea is simple and powerful. What’s the point of having a ‘home’ when you have no one to share it with?
A quote from Rabia’s blog which I found to be highly relevant: “Yes, she was angry, but that was their relationship and she found comfort in that. Sometimes she wins, sometimes her brother wins, but in the end, they somehow find a way to compromise.”
3.) Home is ever changing … or is it?
I was reading Rachel’s blog and stopped at this really intriguing part of her story: “There was a woman at our church who went on to lament about her own daughter who left the nest, having been accepted to Penn State the previous year. I don’t tell her that my nest moved and left me behind.”
I recalled a similar quote… but in reverse!
Perhaps they both change? I’m not entirely sure yet… but this had me pondering.
References
Ho, Jenny. “Home? ENG470A”, UBC Blogs. https://blogs.ubc.ca/jennyho/2014/06/10/lesson-1-4-home/ 2014. web
Khan, Rabia. “My Home is My Time Capsule”, UBC Blogs. https://blogs.ubc.ca/rabiak/2014/06/12/assignment-21/ 2014. web
Kim, Rachel. “Almost Home”, UBC Blogs. https://blogs.ubc.ca/rkim/2014/06/12/2-1-almost-home/ 2014. web
Goodreads. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 June 2014. <http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/218917-it-s-a-funny-thing-coming-home-nothing-changes-everything-looks>. Web
Thank you – I enjoyed this one a lot – in particular: “Similar to what I wrote in my previous blog, the specifics of a location aren’t as important as how we feel towards it.” 🙂