e is where the heart is

BY SUZIE WELLS

Scrawled across plaques on living room walls or lling displays at design inspiration studios, this adage makes us feel all warm and cozy. We may envision stereotypes of colonial style architecture, contrasting shutters, maybe a picket fence and a walkway, the western nuclear family with its 2.5 children (whatever that means anyway), and we feel “at home.” Or if we don’t feel at home, we have been conditioned to think we should feel at home with such stereotypes.

Of course, families today come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and dynamics as rich as the sun is hot. No families are exactly the same, just as no individuals’ experiences are ever exactly the same (isn’t human experience intriguing?). However, I do think that just as families have no true set de nition, neither do homes necessarily t stereotypes, and instead exhibit even more diversity than the families dwelling within them.

Whatever the physical dwelling of a space we call a home, what makes something truly a “home?” I’ve been thinking about this de nition a lot lately. Some people have stable homes, some people have abusive homes. Some people have several places they call home. Some people have several groups of people and pets they call home. Who de nes the term “home?” Can it be the same for any of us?

As I percolated the concept of what the word “home” means to me and perhaps for the human experience, I surveyed friends and was interested to see but not entirely surprised with the similarities in de nitions. emes resoundingly focused on security, safety, unconditional love, favorite people, comfort, and acceptance (and one said, “Home is where the Air Force sends you,” which made me chuckle with my own military child background). Only a few people mentioned concrete, tangible “things” humans sometimes cling to.

I think a home’s tangible and intangible elements are inseparable but paradoxically entirely separate parts of the human “home.” Home is more than just the collection of physical “stu .” It is where the heart is, as the saying goes. It’s not the wood or brick of the structure; it is not even the physical décor, heirlooms, furnishings and such we bring into the home to give it a taste of our personalities. Instead, I think home is more a feeling, a state of being, and humans generally choose what and whom to include or welcome within our homes.

Home should be a safe haven, a comfort zone as many say. All should feel welcome to be themselves, free of judgment within their home space. At home, we can breathe deeply, inhale the beauty that is human experience and life on this earth we share, and let our true selves shine through any walls we have otherwise erected for our public personas the rest of the world sees. I applaud those who are more transparent than I, but in general, people keep a lter up between our true selves and the public world, letting select few see our true selves.

Home is where we should feel safe to show all our idiosyncrasies without judgement. Home is where we let our hair down and nd acceptance for who we are and what we think and value. Home is where we celebrate the joys life o ers us that make the challenges less devastating.

Life challenges us all at times. Home is where we nd support, a listening ear, a comforting touch, even problem-solving companions. Home is where we learn to cooperate and coexist with others even when we want to pull our hair out because of trivial stu . Home is where we learn to forgive because most stress is trivial. Life is too short. We must remember what’s important in our home.

Home is where we return a er a day’s pursuits out in the world. It’s where we lay our hearts and souls to rest a er a long day of human judgment and stress. Home is and includes those we cherish. Home is making our friends the family we choose, or cherishing our family who remains our best friends through thick and thin.

Home should re ect who we are and what we want from life, not what someone else expects from us. Life and the world in general seem to harshly judge sometimes. Home should be an escape from that judgment, that persecution, away from eggshells or the apple cart. We should be at peace when we are home. We should be comfortable with who we are and what matters to us.

We may rede ne the meaning of home throughout life and it should not matter what anyone else thinks of our “home.”

We should make our home the place we want it to be, the place we keep our hearts. Treasure those in life who make life worth living. Li each other up and help each other. Let’s make the world we share a better “home” for all.

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Minimum Quali cations: A desire to work with children; e ability to work cooperatively with teachers and other aides; A willingness to participate in training sessions; Possess a high school diploma or equivalent.

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Preheat oven to 350 F. For crust, combine flour, powdered sugar and baking soda in a batter bowl. Add butter; mix until crumbly. Lightly press crumb mixture over bottom of stoneware bar pan; roll lightly. Bake 15 minutes; remove from oven to a cooling rack.

Meanwhile for filling, reserve 1 cup of the pecans for garnish; chop remaining pecans. Combine chopped pecans, brown sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla, and salt; mix well. Pour filling over warm crust, spreading to edges of pan. Arrange remaining pecan halves over filling. Bake 17 to 19 minutes, or until filling is set in center. Remove from oven; cool completely.

Sprinkle with additional powdered sugar, if desired. Cut into 32 squares using a utility knife; cut each square in half diagonally.