Why Home and House is different

What is home? Home is a place where you can be yourself. My home is where I can feel safe and free. My home is my hometown Kelowna, BC , Canada. But my parents' home is in the Philippines (which is basically my home too). Home is where you can have privacy and feel happy most of the time. Home feels like a warm fluffy blanket when I'm lying down on my bed Home tastes like yummy comfort food, like halo halo! This is ice cream and shaved ice, made in the Philippines. Chicken adobo is from the Philippines too, and reminds me of home. Home smells like a fresh candle that smells like the sea. The sea reminds me of home because I went to the beaches most of the time in the summer in the Philippines. A house is different than a home. A house might have carpets, books, property lines, animals, atoms/molecules and more. But a home has annoyance, privacy, the feeling of not being judged, freedom, an escape, and more. So basically that’s what home is. That’s why home and house are different.

Joelle

Grade 5

Kelowna, British Columbia

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