Home Definition Essay

The word home has many definitions but one definition that I feel fits it best is “a familiar or usual setting”. The definition itself is vague and I think that's why it fits perfectly. The word home has very different meanings and different reasons for its meaning to different people. Along with definitions there are also quotes that, in a way, provide a definition. For example, “home is where the heart is,” explains that home is a person or place that you love most. My favorite is one that isn't often equated with home and that is “you never know what you have until its gone.” This revelation came after I arrived back to Chicago after a one week long trip to California one summer. On this particular trip I went by myself but I spent the week there with a friend that lives in the state because we were both attending a convention in Anaheim. Although she lives in the state she was not familiar with the Anaheim in which we were staying at so that limited our visit to a one mile radius

That area was our temporary home for the week. Apart from the unfamiliarity with the location we had a great time and even managed to travel farther from the hotel and even the city by taking buses. This was my second time in Anaheim and the first time I was there taking a bus would not have even been a thought. Now if I were to go a third time I would even consider driving around town as I have grown accustomed to that area in particular. Now would I call Anaheim a second home? No, because, unlike Chicago, I don't know the city well enough to travel around in it with confidence that I won't get lost. I have only walked those streets the couple of times I was in Anaheim and I have only taken the bus a hand full of times. The part of Anaheim I visited was just a small section of the big