Home. Who hasn't, at one time in their life or another, felt a certain bond with a place in which they have lived? The answer is probably not many people. Some people actually feel as if their home has a kind of "personality. Even if the home isn't perceived in this way, most people still save a place in their heart for their home. For this reason, it is often the source of strong memories and good feelings. Sadly, however, the house often outlives the home. By this, I mean that the actual physical structure is often still standing long after its former inhabitants have gone.
Certainly, a house can not always be called a home. For while any group of carpenters with enough money and the required know-how can build a house, it must be lived in to complete its transformation into a home. Think about the place where you grew up. Surely you had some bad memories, but remember the time you spent playing with your dog in the backyard or giving your newborn son his first bath. These are the things that transform the house into a home. For while a newly built house has no "soul, a well-lived in house becomes a home with a certain warm quality. For instance, you have surely heard a house described as "homey, right? This term means that, for some reason, when you are in that house, you get a warm, lived-in feeling that makes you feel "at home. What is it that makes this distinction possible? There are many things, such as: comfortable furniture, knick-knacks, pictures of family on the wall, and even scratches on the kitchen table from a childhood wrestling match. And then there is that quality that can not be touched, smelled, or heard. It can, however, be "felt. It is this feeling that lies dormant in the newly built house, waiting for its future inhabitants to come and flick the switch and give it life. It is this feeling that grows with.
