My Home has My Heart

Home is my safe space, home is my life. Home is watching a movie with my family on a cozy winter night. Home isn't a roof, walls and a few doors. Home is coming back from school to the tippy tap of my dog's claws on the hardwood floor. Home is running off the dock and jumping into the water at camp. Home is hearing my dads blaring guitar amp. Home is waking up at camp and hearing the cicadas chirp. Home is saying EW! When my brother burps. Home is waking up on a sunny winter day and drinking sweet hot cocoa with big, warm, fluffy marshmallows! Home is going to dance at 7 o’clock and seeing my friends. Home is when I get frustrated because my smoothie never blends. Home is when I sit on the couch, watch a movie and knit Home is when I sneak in the cupboard before dinner and grab some chips. Home is getting to go on a long vacation after so much school. Home is going to the Rec Center and smelling that chemically, chlorine smell that burns my eyes before jumping into the pool. I guess home isn't just a house, compared to Canada it’s just a mouse. That's my real home, the whole country of canada gosh my brain is just like a camera. Capturing so many memories even small things like getting McFlurries oh that sweet cold taste! home is waking up to my cat's prickly whiskers tickling my face. Home is my beautiful safe space.