Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Home is where....

Where is home? This is a question that keeps coming up (see mover or stayer post), and I don't know that I have found a good answer. Most people say home is where the heart is... but physically, emotionally, mentally?!? As I pack to move again (I hate packing), I am (again) debating this question...
I was born in Chicago and still have a ton of family there - I feel like that will always be my first "home"- and a part of me remains with the family there, so is this "home"? I spent much of my time growing up throughout the state of Florida, so is this "home"? My parents and my baby sister remain there today and it was the last place I saw my beloved grandmother and, most recently, my mother-in-law, so part of my heart is definitely there, so is this truly "home"? I literally put my blood, sweat, tears, heart, and soul into my personal home where we lived for years (that we are now renting), and where we have left friends that are our family , so is this "home"? I gave away my heart at the end of an aisle to my high school love on a beach in Jamaica, so is this "home"? I moved across country, with that man of my dreams, to the Centennial state, and we could not be happier, so is this "home"?
I am beginning to believe that "home" is a fragmented version of "where the heart is" because the heart can lie in so many different places and with so many different people, and this definitely links to being a mover or a stayer. It is honestly amazing to me that our heart can be divided in so many ways yet remain whole. Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, never forget the places your heart calls home; drive by, take a vacation and visit, look at old photos, use Google Maps or Google Earth, and keep the details with you because they are a part of you. Never forget all the people your heart remains with; visit them, call them, text them, send them a letter, organize your photos for those who have gone, and keep them close to your heart because they are a part of the reason you are who you are today.  

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