home.

 

i think it is the times we spend together

laughing and connecting

and reilizing that home is a great place to be.

 

i think it sweet  that we are a little community

here inside these walls and stretching farther

as we come and go.

 that is how Shawn described us last night

and i was touched.

truly.

 

 our home is a place of shelter, of love, of support, of openess and acceptance

 our home is a place where  you won't be turned away and you are always welcomed back.

 

our home is full and sometimes bursting

(we fit 12 all weekend long and yes, today i am resting)

it can be exhausting and stretching

yet,

i wouldn't trade what my life here looks like for anything else.

i adore full couches

and squished up dinner table meals

 

home is where we come to when we are weary and worn down

wrapped under blankets from generations past

there is safety here.

we work hard to ensure that is so.

 

i am grateful for my home today and all the people that make is so.