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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 1:02:30 PM
So I was thinking about that phrase today. "I wanna go home" that phrase has so many feelings attached with it. Mostly longing, I think. I think when you hear kids say it you know they are usually worn out and just need some down time, but what do you think when you hear adults say it?
Does it make you sad that they haven't found or created a "home"? Does it make you sad and nostalgic for the home that you can never have again because loved ones have passed on or moved on?
Does it make you smile because you know that person has somewhere that they love to return to?
Alee
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| mima |
Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 07:12:00 AM
I love my home too. That's where I want to be all the time. My grown kids love it and that was always a dream of mine- just making a warm loving place for the ppeople I love,to come to whenever they need to celebrate,lick their wounds etc!!! |
| DeepsouthMamma |
Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 06:27:12 AM
I agree,Julie& Judy-
The highest compliment someone can pay me is what they say when they walk in the front door-"This just "feels" so homey and comfortable- like goin to your grandmas house or something".
Everytime they say that I feel like a complete success- at least for a little while!
By the way where is social springs? North La?
Autumn
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. |
| paradiseplantation |
Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 06:19:51 AM
You know, it's odd, but home is definitely a 'heart' place. And I think the house itself makes a difference. I lived in a two bedroom cottage in an older neighborhood, and truly loved it and knew I was 'home', everytime I walked in the door. When I married, my husband had two kids so we had to get a bigger home. Although it was in one of the 'better' neighborhoods, and I liked the house, I never felt 'at home' there. I was 'at home' with my husband and new kids, but the house just -- for lack of a better description, I don't think that house had a heartbeat. Now that we've moved into the country, and my poor house, chicken coop and property needs a LOT of tlc, I've gotten that sense of 'home' back. What I have isn't fancy, and isn't in the 'in' neighborhood, but there is definitely a heartbeat in this new old house. Even my mom says she's never seen me so content and at peace since I was born. I know the farmgirl lifestyle has a lot to do with that, but I also believe the house plays a part in it. It's like it opened it's arms and said, 'Welcome home!' |
| junkjunkie |
Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 06:06:15 AM
The descriptions of home already stated pretty much covers it all for me. All nice definitions...but the one that touched me most was Autumn's. To me, home is not only a safe refuge in our crazy lives, but all the memories our childhoods, how we live and played...the sights and smells at different times of the year...the specialness of the little nuances (and little annoyances) that shape us as children. It's the love and pain that we experience that makes up who we are. That never leaves us, even as adults. So, to me, to be grounded is to remember your childhood home and all that you experienced. Of course, the homes we live in now all stem from our first home....we may try to duplicate it and carry the traditions down to our children....or go a different route. Ok, I'm rambling....working on my first cup of coffee this morning! lol
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
| DeepsouthMamma |
Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 05:02:01 AM
HOME! My favorite topic!!
Our home is comfy and attractive but unless PRIMITIVE style has a revival we will never be featured in a glossy magazine!!
When we bought this land( we named Providence)our intent was to set roots down for the generations to come. My greatest desire was to hear my grown children say things like "remember when we ....at this tree" or "I will never forget how jasmine smelled in spring-is it still on the levee?" I wanted them to have memories of childhood landmarks that they could come back and touch!
That was 20+ yrs ago.
The house is still not finished but oh the memories-
tree houses,camp outs, first love initials carved in oak trees, our youngest was born right in this house(with a midwife) and our dear granny died on the front porch in her rocker... I could go on..these are the things that make it home.
I can sit on my porch and relive a moment from 15 years ago-somehow the voices of laughter ring out in the grass and the crickets replay the ball game of long ago. The frogs and lightning bugs dance with my children again! HOME!
My kids,those adults- well they write about home all the time;
they come home often and call daily- they have those memories and they come home to get grounded and then ,alas, they fly off again.
It is worth all the effort and work to make it work- home is worth it!!!
Autumn
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. |
| Shirlaroo |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 9:45:09 PM
The cottage that I have lived in for the past 10 years is on my inlaws property. And though they are lovely people it has always felt like I have just borrowed this house. My Dh and I purchesed a farm of our own about 12 months ago. We now have to wait untill we sell a parcel of land before we can build a house on it. Hopefully this will be the place I can call "home".
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| Past Blessings |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 7:32:46 PM
I guess to me I think of this saying like "there's no place like home." Even tonight, with everything in chaos from our flood, my husband and I had a chance for an evening alone and he opted to just relax and stay home. There is peace and refuge in home. Home is where we are safe and can be ourselves, warts and all. I pray our home will always be a place my boys think of as peaceful and a safe haven.
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
Past Blessings . . . Celebrating Life as it used to be . . . when people loved God, loved their families and loved their country. |
| emsmommy5 |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 7:23:14 PM
For me, I finally have a home of my own. We moved SO much when I was growing up that I never felt rooted. DH and I finally bougth our first house about 6 years ago. The thing that finally made me feel rooted, was when I was able to make aand hang a porch swing on the front porch. For some reason, it is the attachment to a porch swing that makes a house a home to me.
Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth! |
| Alee |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 4:14:41 PM
Jonni- That song is actually what made me think about it. He sounds so full of longing in that song when he says "I wanna go home". Like when you want to go, but just can't and it breaks your heart a little.
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora!
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| Carol Sue |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 1:48:36 PM
I wanna go home is a place in my heart that is secure and safe. I love my home, home but think part of the struggle is projects gone awry, ya know how that goes ladies....My home is with my honey and family. And I truly am learning to be content at home.
Carol Sue
Enjoying life. |
| RachelLeigh |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 1:41:41 PM
For me, "I wanna go home" reminds me of my Church home. I searched and searched for the right church/denomination and now that I'm there, I'm "home". That's what I think of. I have several homes - my parents house is my "home" and my house with my husband is my "home". Really, as long as I am where he is, I am home.
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 1:37:33 PM
Wow, Alee...how interesting, especially in light of the songs we were just talking about.
"I wanna go home" is full of longing for me. I left home when I was 14, lived in various large cavernous (to a 14 year old) cities with people much older than me, and I grew up quickly. I spent my young adult years in boarding school, and after, lived across the ocean. While all of that was exciting, and I had wonderful opportunities, sometimes I simply couldn't shake wanting the welcoming permanance and normalcy of home. I was a really lonely girl, even in my chaotic, croweded life.
When I say, "I wanna go home" now, it means to my shelter, my refuge.
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
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| Ronna |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 1:34:43 PM
My husband is not one to talk much or to give out compliments, so what he told me was even more special. He said during the 26 years we were divorced, he never felt like he was at home anywhere, even the last marriage of 15 years and them owning a nice house. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy, knowing he finally felt like he was home, with me. I know we were meant to be together again or it wouldn't have happened. So, when someone says "you can't go home again", it's not always true.
Ronna |
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