Home is Where your Heart is

Have we really discovered what a home truly is? Everyday a homeless person comes home to family to love and be loved by. Does he have a home? Everyday a person with a job, house, food, and water comes back to their house, alone. Do they own a house or have a home? How, everyday, the chance of deciding between family, safety, or heath is definite and which we decide is more necessary? Maybe you do, have the necessities you need to survive, but do you just have a roof over your head or a home? A home is not something you can hold, not something you can purchase. Home is a thought that becomes an idea, then a person, until it grows into a feeling. That feeling of comfort, security, and trust builds a home from the ground up. Home can be taken for granted, as if it resembles a stack of bricks and furniture. Some people may forget, of course it's only natural that we do. The part that counts is whether you understand the difference between a house and a home and how to make it one. For my last reason I show why home is a feeling. It is most definite that there will be hard times aside from the good. The bad times are what shows the home's feeling, how you react, how you cope, and live with things. As for the good times, it shows us home is where you belong and always will. I hope I've described home as feelings and people. I now understand that home is not what it always appears. It is what life lies inside of it.

Maddie

Grade 5

Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador

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