InHOME LIFESTYLE: This is HOME

As soon as I wrote this blog post title Switchfoot's song started playing in my head...

It's one of my favorite songs...and it coincides with a favorite movie...which then leads me to C.S. Lewis and the Narnia stories...

It's not that it amazes me...but more I suppose I stand in awe when someone recognizes the true meaning of "being here"...

it's about relationship...it's about belonging to something bigger than ourselves...

It's not about playing house, or "dying with the most toys"...it's not about a social status of success or how many "rights" and "good things" you can accomplish on your list to "becoming...

You are HOME when you recognize you are YOU for a reason...for a purpose...

You are HOME when you understand that you do BELONG... 

and sometimes that "belonging" means letting go of other things that seem important to others

and it means BEING exactly WHO you are...

You are HOME when you realize that love is worth the fight, the hard work, the sacrifice...

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I so enjoy meeting up with this family...they create an environment of ease in their home...

There is a sense of a belonging when you walk into their space...

Big brother came first, with little sister following not too far behind...family dynamics are fluid and change with each season...

it takes sacrifice and commitment and LOVE...

and these character qualities are evident in every interaction I have with them...