I have SO MUCH I want to say...and it's just too overwhelming to try to write it all out at once...so, I think I might just try to do it in snippets.....so very very very much is happening in our life right now...still learning lots of lessons and focusing on the beauty and truth that each new day brings....still lots of new and old challenges to overcome...but, life would be so drab without challenges, wouldn't it?
I have been thinking so much about HOME...and what HOME really means......how much we need it and where it can be found. I have been thinking about what I have learned about HOME....from losing home and finding home and moving from home to home to home and creating home each time we hold a Brave Girl Camp....and from being welcomed into the loving homes of others....whether that meant a house or something/somewhere else. Anyway...today I am thinking about HOME as I am gathering the first round of photos that I want to share to illustrate the incredible experience of Feb. 2010 Brave Girl Camp....of more big and small miracles...and of just simple truths and beauties......I am also posting here what HOME means to some of you....I posted the question on Facebook last week...and the responses follow...
a place where judgement doesn't exist : )
February 22 at 3:56pm ·
my children's giggles
February 22 at 3:57pm ·
a place where I can let my hair down and be me. Totally accepted for who I am.
February 22 at 3:59pm ·
A place where peace, love, and comfort abound. You can be yourself and know that no one is judging you.
February 22 at 3:59pm ·
A place of serenity! My escape from all the negativity of the world!! Purposely watch no TV, NO NEWS etc....
February 22 at 4:00pm ·
A place where you feel safe!!!!
February 22 at 4:03pm ·
Home is where I feel blessed, serene, and happy.
February 22 at 4:04pm ·
Where you feel as a family! Loved.
Thanks for asking! xoxo
February 22 at 4:06pm ·
home is my safe place. home is where i am loved unconditionally. home is where i can feel the spirit. home is where i have experienced my greatest joys and greatest sorrows. home is family. home is snuggling with my eternal sweetheart. home is laughter. home is love. home needs many jobs completed like new carpet, new windows, new doors.. the list never ends! home is where i love to come to after a long day.
February 22 at 4:07pm ·
The place I return to be me. When I go see my mom, I always say I am going home, though its not the house I grew up in, its the feelings I have when I am there.
February 22 at 4:07pm ·
Home is like Heaven on earth. Where you can be you and be loved for all that you do!
February 22 at 4:07pm ·
A place to go where you feel safe, secure and loved when everything else in the world seems to be crashing down around you, like a warm cozy blanket on a cold winter night.
February 22 at 4:11pm ·
home is where ever your heart is, doesn't have to be a place to live or roof over your head, but where ever your family is.
February 22 at 4:13pm ·
an escape from the crazy world!
February 22 at 4:21pm ·
The place where...if I wait long enough...all the people I LOVE...show up.
February 22 at 4:24pm ·
oh, kathy, i ♥ your meaning!! meaning for me - safe place. comfortable. i can be me, totally. inspiration found. miracles happen.
February 22 at 4:30pm ·
a place where I can go & feel completely and unconditionally loved.
February 22 at 4:35pm ·
A place where I can dance how I want, with my fingers pointed and shaking it... and everyone does laugh but with me instead of at me!! A place that is the hardest to be but the easiest at the sametime. A place where we laugh and cry and scream and laugh some more and everything turns out fine. But its not a PLACE I have learned this year, it's not a house, it's not a state, it's s feeling in your heart. It's the company you are with, and the Spirit that you feel
February 22 at 4:35pm ·
A place to peel off your cowboy boots and hat. A place to exhale.
February 22 at 4:37pm ·
oooo...I like that Kami! How about...a place to put on your Brave Girl Boots...and a place to take them off...
February 22 at 4:40pm ·
A retreat from the world! Comfort!
February 22 at 4:42pm ·
home means a place where I want my kids to look back and have fond memories of-even the little fights. Our house is just the shell-it's the home that makes us want to return every night...
it's the place where the 5 hearts that complete my soul put their heads down at night
February 22 at 4:56pm ·
A house is where you hang your hat. Put your shoes...hang your clothes. A home is a place you can go where when you walk through the door you always feel warmth and love. There is always some one to greet you with a big hug and a smile.
February 22 at 4:56pm ·
It is where you show who you are...
February 22 at 5:01pm ·
Home is a safe haven where you are loved no matter what. Home is where your life should be centered, where your loved ones are, where you come home to, where you can be yourself, where you eat, sleep, pray and love. Home is a little piece of heaven on earth.
February 22 at 5:01pm ·
ps....one of my all time favorite quotes is "No success in life can compensate for failure in the home." from Spencer W. Kimball. It always helps ground me and remember the true importance of things.
February 22 at 5:03pm ·
a House is were you live, a home is where you are loved.
February 22 at 5:04pm ·
I learned the hard way two years ago that a home is more than just the shell where you keep your possessions. We lost our home to a fire, but we all got out safe and sound. We have learned as long as we are together at the end of the day, can laugh together, cry together and pray together before retiring for the night, that place is home.
February 22 at 5:05pm ·
home is where you're SUPPOSED to feel the safest. When I'm with my family, I'm at home...no matter where we are!
February 22 at 5:10pm ·
I don't wanna talk about it.
February 22 at 5:20pm ·
SAFE - emotionally, physically, spiritually . . . a place of comfort, unconditional acceptance . . . and freedom.
February 22 at 5:33pm ·
My little place of Heaven on earth
February 22 at 5:37pm ·
Peace comfortable and mine.
February 22 at 5:49pm ·
It's where my heart belongs.
February 22 at 5:55pm ·
Above all home is where I feel safe.
February 22 at 5:59pm ·
Where I can be my best me! When I'm at home I can be myself more than anywhere else in the world.
February 22 at 6:08pm ·
Home is where my heart is!
February 22 at 6:20pm ·
for me it's the feeling my family gives me - as a child it was my parents - now it's Larry and my kids - later it will just be Larry {which is always alright with me!}
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February 22 at 7:07pm ·
To me....home means a place of rest. It is where I can find reprieve from the "world" and let down my "guard." It is my favorite place on earth. It is where my family is loved, cared for and protected.
February 22 at 8:07pm ·
Family Love
February 22 at 8:24pm ·
Home is not a place but a state of being...it's were youe safe and loved and all is right with the world...even if it's just for 15 min in the shower every morning!
February 22 at 9:46pm ·
Home ♥ Sweet ♥ Home...it is my nest, I have worked at creating it, nurturing it and continually fluff it up... My little chickadees have flown that nest and now just me and my love live there blissfully...welcoming home the chickadees and their chickadees as often as possible. It is BLISS!
February 22 at 10:13pm ·
H-ouse O-f M-essy E-verybody...haha
I love this....
more to come....I am going somewhere with this....
xoxox
melody
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