2025/Alexia-

Home to me is where I can feel safe, encouraged, comfortable, or happy. Home is where I don’t have to worry about being uncomfortable, or unsafe. I feel at home with my family.

That would be home to me. I feel like home should be a place to feel comfortable to be yourself or do something your heart desires. Home is where I can come to when I feel exhausted and need to rest and cool down, or when I feel stressed and need to calm down. I can be angry and frustrated at home and cool down or fix it. I like coming home and seeing my little dog come up to me wanting my attention, or my cat meowing at me because she wants to get in my room. I want to be happy in my home. I can’t call a place home when I’m unhappy or upset about it all the time. I could still be upset or unhappy at home sometimes. Though I don’t think it’s a home when I’m unhappy all the time. If I’m unhappy all the time, then that isn’t home for me.

A home is where I feel safe and not constantly paranoid or think something bad is about to happen to me. Being in a place like that would be exhausting constantly having to worry. That isn’t home. Home is where I’m safe, comfortable, happy, and feel good about myself. That is home to me.