What is a home?

[englertdk]

Home ... it's a word that comes to mean a number of things. In Dallas, my home is my apartment. And from time to time, I refer to Dallas itself as my home. However, there are moments in your life when you come to realize that a city isn't your home

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me, too. (from tia)

[anonymous]

i've asked myself the same question a lot. long island use to be home--i have some magical childhood memories that take place there. but then we moved to florida, and i never really took to that state, though i felt safe and loved in our house. new york is the home i chose for myself as an adult, but it started feeling less and less like home as my good friends moved or became too busy with careers.... here in nashville, i feel like part of a community sometimes, but sometimes still like an outsider. i think the latter is my own fault...i don't want to fully belong here, because i don't feel that this is the place i should be for a long time. for now, yes...but exactly how long is "now?" i don't know. despite my great florida dislike, i find myself saying "i'm going home" when i'm going to visit my mama, and my sisters:)...so there's something to that. to feeling "at home." it involves love and comfort and some level of familiarity/routine...but what about the physical PLACE? it must make some difference, since, despite my family