What Does Home Mean To You?

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@HazySue (39268)

Gouverneur, New York

August 18, 2018 9:47am CST

Home is an interesting word that means different things to many people. Surprisingly enough, there are people that make no distinction between house and home. To them they are one in the same. To me a home is where you feel safe and protected. It is where your loved ones are. It is a place where you can be yourself and know people will still love you. "Home is where you hang your hat", a quote that many of us have heard, says it best. "Home is where the heart is", is a quote that describes how I feel about my home. The quote "Home is not a place, it is a feeling", is the quote that I relate to. A true feeling of home is one where your loved ones are by your side loving and protecting each other. To me, home is anywhere I am with the people I love. What is home to you?

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@Courage7 (19633)

• United States

18 Aug 18

If we are speaking of the immediate shelter, then that is what home means to me at this time. To be not living on the street is so valuable and I do not take home for granted any day ever. If I am speaking of home in the past, it is a place I long for, long before the immense and horrid problems of life came to exist, a place of comforting love and safety.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

18 Aug 18

What a beautiful way of putting your feeling of a home in the past. As for the other, there are so many people out there without a home. I had that problem for a short period of time and I never want to repeat that experience.

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@Courage7 (19633)

• United States

19 Aug 18

@HazySue Yes you know of the terrifying reality of not having a home to go too Susan. Thanks a good day to you friend.

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@andriaperry (117302)

• Anniston, Alabama

18 Aug 18

Home is my escape, privacy. Mine and no one else`s. Its funny that since I moved and did not tell anyone where I moved to, I am much happier.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

18 Aug 18

I can understand that feeling. I am looking forward to have more privacy.

@Mavic123456 (21893)

• Thailand

18 Aug 18

'when I think of home, I think of a place where love's overflowing.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

18 Aug 18

That is a wonderful description of what a home is.

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@Mavic123456 (21893)

• Thailand

19 Aug 18

@HazySue I wish I was home I wish I was back there with things I been knowing.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

19 Aug 18

@Mavic123456 I think all of us have a time in our past that we wish to be involved in again.

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@Hannihar (130213)

• Israel

27 Aug 18

@HazySue It is where my computer and TV and printer are and where my bed is and where my cat is. A place where I can lay my head and enjoy watching TV.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

27 Aug 18

A good meaning for home.

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@Hannihar (130213)

• Israel

28 Aug 18

@HazySue Thanks Susan.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

18 Aug 18

Home is where you can find comfort and love.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

18 Aug 18

Very nice. We have a saying on our wall "Home is wherever I am with you". It is so true for me where my husband is concerned.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

20 Aug 18

@JustBhem Absolutely

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

19 Aug 18

@HazySue A home where you can relax and be with people who comfort you.

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@JamilahPH (105)

• Brunei Darussalam

18 Aug 18

For me the best place to be in is at my parents' home. I got married and live at my own place now, with husband and our children. Yes i have my own home now. But it will never be the same. Every now and then, i sleep over and those are still like coming home to me. Every time. Those are the times i feel really really really at home. My mother passed away about 3 years ago. And there is an irreplaceable emptiness. I still visit my father, never the less.....

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

18 Aug 18

I think that when you have grown up in a loving secure home you will take that feeling into adulthood. I am sorry about your mother.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

20 Aug 18

@JamilahPH It is a wonderful thing.

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@JamilahPH (105)

• Brunei Darussalam

21 Aug 18

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@allknowing (138414)

• India

19 Aug 18

have this saying hanging on our wall "A house is built by hands but a home is built by hearts

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

20 Aug 18

I like that quote. Is it yours? I would love to make a cross stitch of that saying.

@toniganzon (72551)

• Philippines

19 Aug 18

Home is where my family is. Without them, it's just a house, a mere shelter.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

20 Aug 18

That is a wonderful description. I feel the same way.

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@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

19 Aug 18

home is where I am living if I'm happy there. When I stay in hotels or hostels for a week or more I think of them as my home until time to return to my actual home

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@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

20 Aug 18

@HazySue If we are happy there it becomes a home even temporarily

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

20 Aug 18

I think of any place as home as long as I have my loved ones with me.

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@caopaopao (12395)

• China

19 Aug 18

Family means love and giving to me.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

20 Aug 18

In a family there is a lot of give and take. I think it is a wonderful thought.

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@LadyDuck (472251)

• Switzerland

19 Aug 18

Home is the place where I feel safe and secure. The place where I feel surrounded by love and affection. The place where I feel comfortable and I want to spend the rest of my life.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

20 Aug 18

Absolutely, home is where the heart is.

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@JudyEv (342670)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Aug 18

Anywhere my husband is I would consider home.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

20 Aug 18

That is so true. "A house is a home as long as I am with you". This is one of my favorite quotes.

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@manikarnika (3236)

• India

19 Aug 18

Yeah...For me "Home is a temple".It reduces anxiety and stress.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

20 Aug 18

Home is definitely where you should be able to relax and feel secure.

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@manikarnika (3236)

• India

21 Aug 18

@HazySue yeah...right

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@Nickzter1331 (4229)

• Philippines

19 Aug 18

,,for me.. Home is my sanctuary, my paradise, and my escape..

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

20 Aug 18

Absolutely wonderful description of home.

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@Nickzter1331 (4229)

• Philippines

21 Aug 18

@HazySue ,,,,thank.you.,. :) you also.have an amazing description of.it...

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@May2k8 (18404)

• Indonesia

18 Aug 18

Home to me is a place to shelter from rain and heat, and a comfortable place to live.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

18 Aug 18

I think that is a good description of what a home is.

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@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

18 Aug 18

Home to me is as Billy Joel sang in his song, "Wherever we're together, that's my home." Wherever my wife and I are together, that place is our home for the time we are there.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

18 Aug 18

It is similar to my quote on my living room wall. "Home is wherever I am with you."

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@Marilynda1225 (83234)

• United States

18 Aug 18

I like that "home is where the heart is" making a house a dwelling with feelings and memories. When I think back to my childhood home it brings back feelings of warmth and love and when I think of the house my children grew up in it makes me feel the same way. I'm hoping my current house is "home" to everyone and is warm and welcoming.

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@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

20 Aug 18

It is the people inside the house that makes it a home.

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