I know that many of us make memories in a space. Life happens and we attach senitmental meaning to a certain location. But what is things change? What if there is a job loss? What if a spouse dies? What if the house gets foreclosed on? Do any of these things change the fact that memories were created in the house that may not feel like a home anymore? Of course not. Wherever we may go, whatever we may live in, we carry the memories with us. I have lived in a lot of places. I have called, mistakenly I thnk, many places home. None of those places were really home. They were houses that I lived in. They were apartments that I slept in. But none of them were truly home. Because I don't think home is a place. I think home is a who.
I have been home for a number of years now. Home, for me, is my wife. She is the person that can always make me feel welcome and wanted. She is the person that I make memories with. She is the one that is always with me, no matter what new place we might move to. I am one of those people that does not get attached to a place. That may be because I have lived in so many different places over the years. I know that as soon as I think about getting attached to a place, then I am probably a few months from moving. If home is supposed to be special, and I do believe that it is special, then how can I have a different special every couple of years?
So I ask you, what does home mean to you? Think about the memories that you made wherever that special place is for you. Then think about who was with you when you made the memories. I'm pretty confident that you didn't make the memories in a place by yourself. We attach the importance to the place, but it was the person or people with you that made it special. Think about home. Is it really a where? Or is it, as I have suggested, a who? Who is home for you?