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“Remember When?”, 6″ x 9,” Watercolor, By Donna Lyons \u00a9 2015<\/p>\n

“Finding Home\u201d<\/p>\n

By Marty Coffin Evans \u00a9 2021<\/p>\n

Recently a friend who had relocated from her two-story house of many years to a one- bedroom apartment commented, \u201cI realize I just called this home.\u201d In her case, she had\u00a0 closed her mother\u2019s home of many years with all those old treasures from times past. Two homes to close in less than eight months was significant. Additionally, her husband in a memory care facility, could now be moved closer to her new home. Perhaps all these factors played into the sense of home.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s managed to grapple with the idea of home. Where is it? What makes a space or place home? Poetry has become her means of exploring and making sense of finding home.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve heard \u201cHome is where you heart is.\u201d Or, it might also be said \u2013 \u201cHome is where your stuff is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Years ago chairing an accreditation in Japan, I asked my team mates where home was for them.\u00a0 A very blond Cathy, who looked like someone from the California beaches said, \u201cI guess this is home since I\u2019ve lived in Taiwan longer than any other place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Does length of time mean a place is now home? We comment about a church home or feeling at home in certain places.<\/p>\n

Perhaps having family nearby, or readily accessible, provides a sense of home. Quite possibly returning to where we grew up, or lived in different parts of our lives, gives us a sense of homecoming.<\/p>\n

We celebrate homecoming during the fall, often around football games. We reconnect with friends from years ago. In so doing, we return to roots established at some point in time. Reunions provide us with a sense of connecting with home whether where we grew up or just plain being with others significant to us \u2013 family, friends or both.<\/p>\n

Where is home after all? Maybe it\u2019s what we make it, no matter the location.<\/p>\n

August 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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