What home is to me

A house is a structure, A home is an idea. The words are so similar, Yet they are so different. A house may be an apartment, Or it may be a mansion, But it depends on the owner, If it is a house or a home. With or without a house, It matters, But what matters more is, If you have a home. A house shelters one from weather But a home shelters one from pain and stress. A house contains people, furniture and items But a home contains memories, emotions and hope. When Habitat for Humanity gives a house, They not only give a house, but also a home. When you move from place to place, You do not feel rooted. But if you have a home, You will grow roots. And those roots contain memories, friendships, hope, joy and love.