Hello Handsome

Home is Wherever You Are Happy To Be

One's home is like a delicious piece of pie you order in a restaurant on a country road one cozy evening - the best piece of pie you have ever eaten in your life - and can never find again.  After you leave home, you may find yourself feeling homesick, even if you have a new home that has nicer wallpaper and a more efficient dishwasher than the home in which you grew up.  ~Lemony Snicket

These are pictures of my last day visiting my childhood home before the new owners moved in. It was hard to say goodbye to a place so close to my heart. My parents moved to a beautiful home in Gig Harbor where my family will create many new happy memories. 

This home was...

- a place that always welcomed me.

- a place where I was completely myself.

- a place to shed my worries.

- a place where I felt peace.

- a place I always looked forward to returning to after days at school, college, or vacations.

- a place that cheered me up, believed in me, and supported me.

It was not the house that brought these blessings but the home my parents created with love and endless giving. It was the relationships our family has built and the blessings we received from God. These are all things we can carry with us. I will forever be thankful for the memories shared in this home. I will hold onto them and use them as examples to instill the same kind of love and happiness in my own home. When you are with the ones you love the most, you are home, wherever that may be. After all, "Home is where the heart is." :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dad sitting on the floor in his usual spot since we took all the couch space!

Where we love is home,
Home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.