What's in your house?
Why we own homes...
I watched a comedy skit awhile back which was quite funny and entertaining. It's theme was about the reason we have homes and the reason we buy bigger ones. The answers were basically the same: storage for our "stuff" and storage for more "stuff". The comedienne described people as being preoccupied with "stuff". It was funny because it is true, but another underlying truth hit me.
Our homes are just structures unless we invest ourselves in them. I have lived in a home where my husband just simply stored his "stuff". It became a convenient place for him to get a meal, a night or day's sleep, a bath, a change of clothes, and then be on his way. Family birthday's and holidays came and went without his noticing. Our children's sizes and grades changed...
Fill your home with love.
My point is that a house is just a structure, but isn't is up to us to fill it with so much more? Love, memories, prayers, laughter, lessons, tears, good living, and playing belong in our homes.
She revisited the projects in New York.
When I was married to my children's father, we lived in New York. My two youngest were born in the south Bronx in city housing. Since leaving New York when my youngest daughter was nine she has yearned to see New York again and through careful planning and scrimping managed to go back to visit. She went to the 14th floor where we had lived and knocked on the door of the pastor and his family that were our neighbors. They talked to the current tenants who lived in our old apartment and they let her in for a tour.
She volunteered to stand in the corner.
Baby girl, as I call her, though she now has babies of her own, had a picture taken of herself standing in the corner. She treasures that photo and told me that some of her best lessons were learned in that corner. I got a good laugh from that. She's my girl and I'm glad she took away more from our old address than just "stuff". She wouldn't let me share her photo. :-)
Take care and God bless.
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hi, juds! gosh, i've missed out on a lot of posts - this is beautiful. i miss our house in the phiklippines, too. so many memeories, but we had to say good bye wehn we decided to migrate over here. ---so nice of baby girl to treasure childhood memories and revisit your old place in new york. ~~~have you had the flu shot yet? take care! was finally able to get through This Side's dashboard and post something. hope i can do it again.
I agree with your point! A home is where our hearts live, without love, memories, happiness and tears, it's just a structure..
Glad your daughter got to see where she grew up!
Icy and Cherie, you both know how to make a house a home and you could make a shack into a wonderful place to be because you both are warm and caring. This is what you take with you whether you are at home, work or online and everyone who is lucky enough to get to know you can feel it. I'll take that over "stuff" any time!
Cherie, I'm scared of the flu shot. I have not had the flu in years, the last time being the one time I got the shot. My husband says if they offer H1N1 (?) he wants me to get that one. Hopefully that will not make me sick.
Take care & God bless.
I enjoyed your post, Judy. I agree that a house without love isn't a home. I think that's great that your daughter was able to see your old place.
CA, thanks for your visit. I try to make my blog like my home and sprinkle love here and there. :-)
She really enjoyed going back to visit. Take care & God bless.
House is not just a structure. It's a place to harbor when we feel hurt, sad, disappointing, and also a place where we can gain warmth, love and hugs no matter how our physical appearance has changed.
Thanks again, sister!
A wonderful post Judy, and I agree with your point but I'm also glad your daughter got to visit your old home.
Home is where the heart and the love are at the moment. My hubby and I met in Alaska and for awhile after we moved back to the lower 48 it was an RV. Some of our favorite memories are of those times.
Chan, you and I share so many similar ideals. Thanks so much for visiting.
Judy, I know what you mean. It does not have be palatial - just warm and loving! Thanks for visiting.
Take care & God bless!
Hi Judy,
It's it so true - our homes become filled with stuff! We've lived in the same house for 25 years, so stuff has to go every now and then. The "Stuff" thing reminded me of when we went to Deadwood, SD. Kevin Costner has a casino/resturant there where he displays all of his costumes from his movies, which is fun to go see. While we were in Saloon #10, listening to "Wild Bill Hickok" talk about places to visit in town, he rather sarcastically said that Costner had to build a casino to put all his stuff, so be sure to go see that stuff he has there. Oh well, we all seem to have a problem with stuff. :)
Deanna
DeAnna, I am very attached to lots of my "stuff" but if my children need any of that I will gladly part with it. :-) There's always more stuff to be had, but they are irreplaceable! Thanks for the visit.
Take care & God bless.
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