As you can tell, I've been thinking a lot about "Home" lately -- what it means in terms of a physical space, and what it means for me emotionally. I remember heading away to college and grad school and feeling HOMESICK -- that emptiness and loneliness in the pit of your stomach that tells you that you're far away from anyone who matters to you.
I haven't been feeling homesick (though I do miss California and my extended family), and I figured out it's because home is where my husband and kids are. If we're all together, then I'm okay. Isn't that a great feeling?
On one of my last substitute teaching days for my kids' school, the kindergarteners were watching "Finding Nemo," and a line from the movie perfectly captured my feelings. Dory, the fish with the short-term memory problems, tells Marlin, "I look at you and I'm home."
If that doesn't bring tears to your eyes...!!!
Your assignment: Join me in creating a page with the title, "I look at you and I'm home." I'll finish and post mine as soon as I get my boxes all sorted out!
Resources:
Words from the Wise:
"A house is made of walls and beams: A home is built with love and dreams."
"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in."
-Robert Frost
"Home is where you can say anything you please, because no one pays any attention to you anyway."
-Joe Moore
Now that is such a doable page... you've already done half of it!ha! all we need to do is find a picture! great thoughts and I love that last quote. I'm going to send that one to my hubby right now. He'll so appreciate it!
Posted by: Crafty P | June 25, 2009 at 09:27 AM
Ok..I am gonna do that when I am scrapping with my BFF later! :) I will post it for you later...I will put it on my blog and send a link! :) Thanks so much Lain! :) Sometimes I need an inspirational kick in the butt! :)
Posted by: Kathy F | June 25, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Oh I even have the picture for that quote!! Thank you!!!!!
Posted by: kate | June 25, 2009 at 01:18 PM
Omgosh...the Joe Moore quote made me seriously LOL! I didn't know you are a substitue teacher...so am I! The stories I can tell! ;)
Posted by: Rebecca | June 25, 2009 at 01:42 PM
Now that's an assigment I can do. And you summed it up beautifully. Home is always where my husband and children are, and my place is with them. I think that was even a line on "Little House On The Prarie" once. One of the first episodes I think. Charles and Caroline were talking and she said to him, "My home is where you and the children are." It's always been that simple for me.
Posted by: ScrappyMommy | June 25, 2009 at 03:22 PM
Been thinking a lot about HOME too, Lain. We closed on the sale of our very first house on Wednesday (24th) and while I'm so very sad saying goodbye (it was a really good home for 9 years), I'm looking forward to finding something that fits our family now. We're in an apartment until we find something and it's not so terribly bad, because the family is all here. I guess it also helps a lot that we get to stay in the area.
Posted by: April | June 27, 2009 at 07:45 AM