Is home the place to which you return at night? Is it a building, an apartment? Is it where your family is? Is it where you grew up?
Graduating from high school and moving off to college marks the beginning of a long period of transition. Somehow, that period of transition becomes even more real after college graduation. In that time, where is home?
Recently, I have started calling my apartment in Chicago "home," while Green Bay is now just where "my parents' house" is. It has been a bit of a mental switch, but I've been wondering if this switch in terminology is really necessary. Can this apartment really be home if I know I will only live in it for a short time?
I suppose I see "home" as a place where you are comfortable. Where you can lounge around, have guests, and make it your own. Home is a reflection of who you are. The way it is decorated, the way it smells, the neighborhood it's in - it all comes together to help define you and and continue to shape you.
What is home to you?
1 comment:
I started the switch when I started grad school. When I was in college I always went home to GB for part of the summer and for a good chunk of January, so I didn't think of my residence in college as home. But when I started grad school and moved all my stuff down and settled in to live there for two years, that was home.
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