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Home is where the puzzle has all its pieces!

Home is not only where your heart may be. It can be many things such as a safe haven, a place where love starts and grow. A place where people start families, raise their children, carry on or start new traditions. It can be a place where other family members or friends come to visit and possibly enjoy a meal together or just spend time enjoying each others company.

The material structure of the home as far as being safe would be important to me but the life inside would be of more importance. Like hearing the little giggles of my sons when they were small and watching them as they grow, my mind storing up memories for a day that I knew would come, when they would be grown and gone and I would be left there behind trying to remember every little thing that went on while we were together.

Remembering good times, bad times, happy times and sad times and longing for a repeat of the most important part of all, the love that we shared as a family, the fulfillment that came from the smallest things accomplished. A home can come in many shapes, sizes and forms. It truly is what’s inside that counts, even if material things are few, the house can be a home when love resides within.

 

~Charlene Swain Matts

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When I smell the fresh sea air of home, I know I’m in the place where I belong. Fresh sea air brings visions of beaches I would go to as a child and young adult. I can see the sea gulls hovering, waiting for a chance to grab a chip or cracker. I can feel the soft, warm sand on my feet, waiting to be fashioned into a castle or perhaps a town. And always the surf is rolling in and out, threatening the castle or town with destruction.

I always love the feel of the cold ocean water. It is invigorating and makes me feel alive. When I go into the ocean, I allow my body to go numb. Then I can stay in the water for a long time, body surfing the waves.

I also love climbing the rocks, staring into the little pools made by the waves at high tide that have clams and barnacles living in them. I love staring out to the horizon. Staring out to its vastness makes my problems seem small and insignificant. They don’t amount to a lot in the face of all the huge problems the world is facing.

On our first wedding anniversary my husband and I were supposed to go on a daylong sail on Casco Bay. Unfortunately the rain poured that day and we didn’t get to go. I’ve always wanted to do that. Sailing for a day on Casco Bay is on my bucket list.

Perhaps living in a town close to the sea is part of who I am as a person. I need to be able to smell that fresh sea air. I need to be able to see those sea gulls flying overhead. I need to know that the ocean is not too far away.

 

~Cathy Lynch

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I have lived in many beautiful homes

BUT NONE OF THIS MATTERS IF YOU ARE ANGRY!

When you shout,

the dog runs and hides trembling

I tense up, shut down, can’t think, need air

BUT

When you seem lost and fumbling

I know you are angry at yourself

getting old slowly overtakes you, not hearing what is said,

feeling dizzy, vertigo

Cutting your finger on the saw again,

machines breaking down,

losing your glasses

Then I know I shouldn’t be angry nor afraid.

Comfort is what you need

And a good home is comfortable

warm in the winter

cool in the summer

LOVE LIVES HERE

~ Bunny Fazekas

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