tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post1483196422209755873..comments2024-03-25T21:54:29.130-07:00Comments on FocusingOnLife: What "Home" Means to MeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-58162175930112870872013-03-12T16:50:00.694-07:002013-03-12T16:50:00.694-07:00Wel, I seem to have a major problem with moving! I...Wel, I seem to have a major problem with moving! I can move house to house but not state to state! Or even city to city within the same state! It's the memories that hold onto me so tightly! And the people that made the memories with me! <br /><br />So sweet you still have the growth charts on your wall! <br /><br />What a cute flock of tow-heads you had! 3 boys! whew! I need a nap now just thinking about that!<br /><br />Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344086795897680409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-76794391870474467122013-03-12T10:29:54.430-07:002013-03-12T10:29:54.430-07:00such a beautiful home terri! and i do so love that...such a beautiful home terri! and i do so love that photo of your and your boys. i feel the same way about our home and although we haven't lived it nearly as long as you have yours, we've made so many special memories here. thank you for sharing this part of your life here today.kellyhttp://mindingmynest.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-1449095211184861442013-03-12T09:56:01.716-07:002013-03-12T09:56:01.716-07:00I love the photo of you and your sons. I never mov...I love the photo of you and your sons. I never moved until I was married, then moved several times since then. But we've been in our current home for 15 years, and in this area for over 20 - so this is "home" to me. My parents, and all of my siblings, still live in the town we grew up in, so I visit it often. I guess you could say that my heart is in two places. heyjudephotographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098165048025314116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-69746501640137075062013-03-12T09:26:18.421-07:002013-03-12T09:26:18.421-07:00Lovely post Terri I would love to see a photo of y...Lovely post Terri I would love to see a photo of you and your boys now....Viv@Thoughts from the Desktophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06730298140439036198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-58540889722324327092013-03-12T07:45:58.665-07:002013-03-12T07:45:58.665-07:00Home for me has been in many places, both growing ...Home for me has been in many places, both growing up and with my own children. Sometimes life circumstances just don't afford us the opportunity to stay in one place. But I have learned and my children now have learned that home is simply where you are. I had a girlfriend once tell me, that if I just remembered that nothing ever stays the same, I would be just fine. She's right really, but the only change I do like is the kind that I get to choose! hahaKim Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765296400379609580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-71880102921371083572013-03-12T07:25:47.170-07:002013-03-12T07:25:47.170-07:00Beautiful post, Terri
Just coincidentally, I recie...Beautiful post, Terri<br />Just coincidentally, I recieved this poem this morning from a cousin I have never met and recently have been in touch with:<br /> Homecoming<br /> The street, the yard, the house are there,<br />all smaller than they used to be,<br />except the trees planted long ago,<br />now towering over my memory.<br /> <br />I set them gently in the earth,<br />imagining their future height<br />extending like the tiny leaves<br />toward nourishing sunlight.<br /> <br />Like childhood dreams, the saplings grew<br />but gave no comfort to my heart<br />when shadows lengthened on the house<br />and my family came apart.<br /> <br />I left them then, not looking back,<br />hoping for better times ahead,<br />finding as days turned into years,<br />my perceptions changed instead. <br /> <br />The joys and pains of life are there,<br />rooted deep like maple trees,<br />not in the house but in the soil<br />of vivid childhood memories.<br /> <br />Home beckons and my heart beguiles<br />but years are farther than the miles.<br /> <br /> <br />1997 Kim GunterTreehouse Reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11098811372580662073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-46249558144927361692013-03-12T07:11:49.746-07:002013-03-12T07:11:49.746-07:00What a wonderful post..and wonderful photo of you ...What a wonderful post..and wonderful photo of you and the boys. My experience is so different...we lived in the same house until I was in high school, then we moved to a new state and I lived in that house until college., and my parents stayed in that house until they passed away...so memories for me are rooted in two houses. I can still visualize where every thing was in both of the houses...the smells, the wallpaper, the details...still very vivid to me. And I love that it was this way. Our kids have lived a similar experience.. 2 houses . Thanks for triggering lots of memories. janelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030291385614204379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-21038594021518912022013-03-12T06:59:49.986-07:002013-03-12T06:59:49.986-07:00This is such a parallel to my own story and what &...This is such a parallel to my own story and what "home" means to me, Terri. When I was a child, my family moved frequently, too; three years was a long stay for us. I totally get that "new kid" thing. We bought our home 28 years ago last month, when our daughter was 7, following my husband's job transfer. We decided then that we were staying put because we also wanted our daughter to have a sense of permanence and "roots". The landscaping and interior are totally different, our daughter is now grown ... but we haven't changed a bit! :-)Dottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811399388989716265noreply@blogger.com