Home Isn't a House

What is home? I used to think home was just a house. I was wrong. When my parents got divorced and I moved to new houses I realized that. Unlike my old house, these houses had a cold feeling even if they weren't, and that’s a part of home, no matter the temperature it was it’s always warm with laughter and love. My new homes, if you could call them that yet, were quiet. My old home was never quiet unless we were cuddled up watching a movie while eating buttery popcorn. That's also a part of home. At my old home the basement was unfinished. It was cold and damp feeling, like my homes were at first. That was the only factor of house not home I really knew at the time. That's something about homes. All of them don't have to feel like home, just some parts like for me my bedroom, the kitchen and the living room. Home is a strange thing because you don't always have to have one home you can have multiple, and after a year or so I had two homes and my old home is still in a way but I find I'm now more attached to my new homes. Because the truth is, that a lot of people don’t know, a home isn't a house, it's a feeling, a feeling of laughter, love, and warmth, with happy memories and a feeling of safety and belonging. So to answer my question home isn't a house, it's a feeling and I know that now.