sweet d dee started a post with Honey, I'm home - and I just loved the thought of that.
I thought about being welcomed home (or welcoming family home), in the larger scale and over a life time.
i thought of what that statement meant to me and how and when my home felt welcoming.
When do you feel most at home or when do you feel that special feeling when welcoming others to your home? How can you bring that special feeling to yourself and your family on a regular basis. Share what makes you feel at home (or what home means to you), if you want.
My memories that bring me warmth:
As a child - running home for lunch (we lived 4 blocks from school/church) and my mom having soup and sandwich on the table for us.
- then mom asking how our day was going
-my grandparents (anything)
- the christmas tree and the smell of my mom making thanksgiving and Christmas dinner for extended family
-seeing my grandparents when they came back to the states
-my mother always had a clean house even though they didn't have any money and my dad and mom never let us feel like we were lacking. - nothing was fancy but it was always worked on
-coming in from playing outside on the back yard ice rink d mom made and mom making hot chocolate
-waking up for grammar school and d mom having our cloths on the radiator so we could be warm before going out to school on a cold day
-my dad was not a demonstrative person but sometimes he would look at you with a sparkle in his eye and touch the top of our heads.