What is your definition of "Home" ?..
By Hazel Vee
@epiffanie (11327)
Australia
April 10, 2017 7:19pm CST
I grew up in a chaotic dysfunctional home.. Even in my young ignorant and innocent mind, I knew that it was not the way humans should live.. As a vulnerable child depending on the adults, a child has no choice..
But one good thing about life is that, we grow up and as adults, we are free to choose our life experiences..
I spent my childhood fearing homelessness, So I made a decision that I am going to work hard to make sure, that I will have a home I deserve.
My HOME is not physical nor material.. But I would not have found my HOME had I not experienced the security of a material peaceful home.. It was a long and very difficult journey which I prepared myself for because homelessness is not an option for me.. I take ME home to ME.. I take my HOME with me.. I AM home.. LIFE is awesome! .. I AM grateful.. 
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What is your definition of home?
Bess ..
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What is your definition of home?
Bess ..
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17 responses
@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
16 Apr 17
@JudyEv .. Yes indeed, our material home is nothing if we have no one to share it with ..
@JudyEv (382329)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Apr 17
@epiffanie And I had a typo in my response. I put 'with' instead of 'without'. I keep doing that and it really annoys me. 
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
16 Apr 17
@jaboUK .that's exactly what I am thinking ..
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Apr 17
@epiffanie Thank you. You also have a home now with Greg and your kids.
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
18 Apr 17
You are so blessed to have that kind of home ..
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
20 Apr 17
@SIMPLYD Yes.. I feel very blessed and grateful indeed to finally have a place i call home ..
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
3 Apr 18
My childhood might not have been ideal but I felt safe. We always had food on the table, clean clothes and were generally well looked after. Home is the feeling of being safe and warm with the people you love around you and it's the place you can't wait to get back to if you go away.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
4 Apr 18
@epiffanie It must have been hard for you. I know I was lucky.
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
4 Apr 18
I feel happy reading your definition of home.... You are blessed to have a loving home and a comfortable childhood.. I wish that for everyone that has been born..
.. You are blessed to have a loving home and a comfortable childhood.. I wish that for everyone that has been born..1 person likes this
@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
21 Apr 17
@HazySue awesome! surely he feels the same ..
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
16 Apr 17
You are blessed to have a home with your husband ..
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
17 Apr 17
@epiffanie I am blessed to have found him.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
3 Apr 18
@epiffanie
Bess, that is a very good discussion. I grew up in a very bad home situation too. To me Home is my domain to do what I want and to raise my cat in. I find that I am an adult that I can do what I want and go to bed when I want and get up when I want. Home is a very special place that you can call your own.
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
4 Apr 18
@Hannihar Oh!.. I can imagine how frustrating to have noisy neighbours..Don’t they have rules for tenants regarding noise?.. But I’m glad you have good landlord and that you have neighbours that you like...
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
3 Apr 18
Thank you so much @Hannihar for reading this .. I'm so happy for you that you have a comfortable, happy and peaceful home..
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
3 Apr 18
@epiffanie
Bess, inside the home it is fine but the noise above and across from me is not. I keep praying that they will move and we can have all nice neighbors. It took two years for the ones that lived above before this guy to move and I believe they told him how to drive me nuts or maybe he is just that type. He is a real jerk and I treasure the times when he and the ones across from us are not here. It is so much quieter. I love the area and have a place for my scooter and like my landlord and some of the people in the building and have here what I have been wanting for so long. I am not going to move because I am sure it isn't better anywhere else. As long as the landlord lets us continue to live here then we will. Moving is a nightmare.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
11 Apr 17
Home to me is our physical home where I, my husband and son live harmoniously together. This is my piece of heaven on earth. I also have another home and that is my ancestral home where I and my siblings with our respective family meet from time to time to spend quality time together.
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
18 Apr 17
That's lovely! ..a harmonious home is indeed like heaven on earth ..
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
19 Apr 17
Yes, it's nice to go home after a hard day's work ..
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
11 Apr 17
i remember reading a write-up about someone whose family moved a lot (different countries). she said she feels at home anywhere where her family is. i guess that's what "home is where the heart is" means.
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
18 Apr 17
Yes it's where the heart is .. I am now torn between two countries .. when I go home there, I can't wait to come back home here.. and while I'm here, I am preparing to go back home there .. so to avoid feeling torn, I decided that I AM home ...
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
19 Apr 17
@epiffanie i thought since you've been there decades, the need to come home will be fewer and far between.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
12 Apr 17
My definition of home is where I am with the ones I love, so not a house but anyplace we can gather.
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
18 Apr 17
That's more like a home to me.. anywhere where we can bond with our loved ones ..
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
18 Apr 17
Yes it is very true .. and thanks.. yes I'm happy now
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@abhinalstrikr (4110)
• India
11 Apr 17
The one which your post made me to think about eternal bliss,i would prefer that my home
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@dhoyalahoy (1414)
• Philippines
11 Apr 17
Home is family inside one house.
But in your case maybe you can't disagree on this. However you can make your own home better to the ruined home where you've been through.
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
19 Apr 17
When we become adults, we a choice what kind of home we give to ourselves ..
@dhoyalahoy (1414)
• Philippines
21 Apr 17
@epiffanie also what kind of home our kids have experienced. What kind of home ww have built. What kind of home we have shown. When we are old... Have we created a home
@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
16 Apr 17
@bunnybon7 .. Yes, any place where we are surrounded by loved ones, and where there i peace is a home ..
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
11 Apr 17
yes. this is the ultimate truth. But this idea will be less in the masses. Only a few will have this idea. If everybody possesses this idea there is no need of any shelter and one need not struggle at all. The term REFUGEE will disappear from the Dictionary. ah.a.h..ah..
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
19 Apr 17
Well we still need shelters .. but people need to realise that home is not about how grand the shelter is ..
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
11 Apr 17
That's a beautiful post and I liked the text on your photo, as well as your photo. You're beautiful! I know my childhood was - not the norm - often sad and stressful, I'm sorry you had to go through that, but what a beautiful thought to share... thank you
@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
19 Apr 17
@FayeHazel .. Thank you so much .. Children who grew up in a stressful insecure environment are mostly deep thinkers .. I owe so much from that child in me who went through a lot to prepare me for the most difficult decisions I had to make as an adult..
