The People Within These Four Walls

I spent every Saturday morning as a child in my living room, eating banana pancakes with my family and watching cartoons. My younger brother would sit on the end of the couch, his legs barely reaching the floor, and exude a lively laugh every few minutes. I sat next...

Home Has Always Been Different

Home has always been different. Family is split by a stormy sea, like two sides of a coin, destined to never meet. Home moves. You’ve already lived in three countries by your third birthday. Home changes. You’ve never stayed in a school for longer than three years....

What Makes a House a Home?

Some may simply say that a house is qualified as a home; but, what really makes a home? A house is a form of shelter for living, but a home can be a house, apartment, motorhome, or any roof over your head. It is not the quality of the living space that makes it a...

Wherever They Are

A house is just a house — a building decorated inside to fit the owners’ interests, with a neatly painted exterior. But a home is worth so much more. Like the expression, “Home is where the heart is,” it isn’t merely a place; it’s a...

Home is an Emotional Connection

When thinking about home, the dictionary definition says “the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household” Growing up, I have moved multiple times, almost every year and no house was permanent and stable. A home and a house are...