Monday, November 9, 2009

Home Is....

To me, home is family, and I use the word family in every sense of the meaning: my nuclear, immediate, and extended.

Home is watching my daughter kiss her baby brother on the head. Home is thrilling in Weston's little chubby cheeks as he smiles from ear to ear at recognizing my face. Home is curling up to watch your favorite TV shows in bed with one puppy curled behind your legs and the other curled up in the crook of your lap. Home is waking up at 6am in the morning only to roll over and spoon with the man you want to spend every morning with for the rest of your life.

Home is Christmas Eve or birthday parties or family vacation or anytime we can get all my brothers and sisters and cousins together to laugh our heads off at anything and everything. Home is relishing the warmth of my parents new home and watching Savannah's granddaddy chase her around their cozy house. Home is thanking the Lord that my children's great-grandparents are still around and capable of thoroughly enjoying them and spending time with them when possible. Home is feeling so comfortable with your aunts and uncles that you enjoy every word of a quiet conversation with them about anything at all. Home is the contentment that comes from watching Savannah absolutely love playing with her cousins on Joey's side of the family. Home is having parents-in-love that feel like your very own.

Home is holidays and catching up with second cousins and aunts and uncles you rarely see and hugging the necks of extended family you love not because you know them all that well, but because they are family, and that means something. Home is attending Bible studies, baby showers, and gatherings at the park with friends. Home is feeling wrapped in warmth when you sit through your Sunday morning church service even though you may not see a single face you know personally, but the air of community and fellowship you feel is the signpost of home.

Home is family. Nothing more and nothing less. I love my home.

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Jamie's friend, Elizabeth, had the idea to do a "blog carnival" and got a group of friends together to write about HOME today. Check out her blog here, along with other posts (at the bottom) by others on what home means to them.

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