How many times have you appreciated things when you don’t have them anymore? People usually don’t know the value of having something in their life, until it’s gone. That’s when they realize how much meaning it used to have to them, because they start to miss it. Maybe because people think that whatever they have it’s going to be there for them forever so they just don’t see the importance that it has in their life and how it will impact them not to have it. There are many people in the world who don’t have the security to go back to a place where they can get a good night sleep, a hot shower or a family to be waiting for you with their arms open. Many people consider their home to be there for them eternally, but there are people who don’t even have a safe place to call home.
The book, Keesha’s House by Helen Frost, tells the story of Keesha a teenager girl who found a new secure place to call home with Joe and other teenager lookout to her house when they just cant make it to their own home.
“There is no place like home.” Now that I have been away from home for almost three years, I have come to appreciate everything that I have there, starting with being in company of my family and friends to having a comfortable bed and all the commodities that come with. I learned to appreciate the food my mom prepares, even the ones I used to complain about, because when I am away I miss her cooking and being in company of my best friend. I have learned to value everything that my parents do for me when I am home to make me feel comfortable and special. I know that there aren’t many people in the world who have this opportunity to have a place to call home, which has make me appreciate more what God has given me. A case in Keesha’s House i...
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...feel comfortable where they live, they need to make sure there is honesty and trust based relationship where children are able to tell their parents their problem and their parents able to support them and understand them.
I have been blessed enough for having both my parents offer me a home where I feel safe, loved, secure, and wanted. We have developed a trust-based relationship, where I know I can trust them with anything and they will always be there ready to catch me when I am about to fall. I feel the best thing a home comes with is the love of a family, and it might not be your biological family, but living with people who cares about and loves you. And sometimes, parents don’t realize the impact this is creating on their children life, until its to late and they run away looking for a stable place where they find true happiness and they are secure and love.
Home is where you go and everyone, everyone has to love you, Home is where your Family is. Loung Ung grew up much of her life with little family in comparison to the large group she left behind half way across the globe in Cambodia in exchange for promise in America. We read about this in the novel Lucky Child an autobiography by Loung Ung. All the big moments of Loung’s life, all the people, and memories by the end of the day that she remembers most are the ones Loung shares with family the same is true for her sister and at the moments when she felt hate she was alone without her sister and vis versa.
This book is about a girl name Ellen Foster who is ten years old. Her mother committed suicide by over dosing on her medication. When Ellen tried to go look for help for her mother her father stopped her. He told them that if she looked for helped he would kill them both. After her mother died she was left under her fathers custody.
Kindred by Octavia Butler has been a respected novel since its publication in 1979. In Kindred Butler provides readers with suspense until the last page. It provides readers with two definitions of a home. Home is a place where you feel safe where you have a family to come to when you are having a horrible day at work or at school. Home is a place where you share good and bad times with family and friends. A home is place of stability in your life. A home isn’t a place that you are scared to go to. A home isn’t a place filled with only negative thoughts and hopes. A home is not a place that you endured physical and mental abuse. Dana had a home of stability and a home filled with physical and mental abuse. Dana and her husband Kevin just moved into a new home that they just bought in Los Angeles, California. This is the best birthday gift she could ever receive because before she was living in a congested apartment. This is also the first day she starts to travel back into time to visit her plantation home in the early 1800s in Maryland. The distinctions between Los Angeles and Maryland present the differences in what makes a home.
Every day I see my family and friends. Whether it’s at home, school, or at an event I always expect them to be there. I can never picture a time when they haven’t been there, so I never think “what if they aren’t there”. I have never realized how blessed I am to have my family and friends still here with me. It seems as though I have underappreciated their existence. After reading Into Thin Air, I viewed my family and friends in a whole new perspective and I learned that I should appreciate them for what they are worth; you never know when they can be taken away from you.
Quindlen’s thesis statement, “home is where the heart is,” embodies her main message about how a home is more than a house or where one spends their nights. One of the examples that she used, was that family and friends defined having a place to call “home.” It has been that way for many generations. Being “the legacy of an Irish grandfather” gave her an urgency to find a home or “sense of place.” However, she also provided examples on how home can be considered “real estate,” and that some people may never find a home.Without a home, one can never be complete, because “home is where the heart
A person without a home has a chance to become who they are at their roots, their core. A home comes with constrictions, conditions, comforts and consolations that make a person stay sedentary. A home makes it easy to decide what type of person someone is. They are easy described by the things they have and the things they don’t. It is only when a character, a person, is separated that they can become who they are. No longer are they the ones who followed or lead, independent
When you think of home, most of the time thoughts of love, warmth and family come to mind. Although a drab exterior , it is no difference for the thousands of people who reside in the Robert Taylor Homes on the Southside
Everyone seeks the comfort of the stability in their own home. Ellen Foster knows her home is rather abnormal. Enduring physical, mental, and sexual abuse from her family, Ellen learns early on that what she wants is what she cannot seem to find: a loving home. Through challenging adversities in the novel, Ellen finally found a family that suited her needs, in a foster home. Once she had at last found her place that she felt fit, her first thought was to invite her best friend, Starletta, to present her pride of her new, blissful, life. This passage, references to history, repayment, and equality serve to emphasize Ellen’s desire to atone for thinking she was better than Starletta in the past. Ellen’s journey of finding a stable home life leads to her discovery of the love of her true friend.
The presence of a home is a direct reflection of the individuals living in that home. “You are where you live”, stated Anna Quindlen in her article Homeless. Where one lives is a representation of how they feel about themselves. It reveals their perception and value of life. Home life breeds compassion and character. “I don’t believe that one is born compassionate.” (Ascher) She also goes on to state that ...
As a child growing up in a rural county, I didn’t have soccer practice or dance recitals; no play dates or playgrounds. I had trees to climb, woods to explore, bikes to ride and adventures to be had. I had bare feet in the grass, wincing on the gravel driveway, rocks digging into my soles. I had walnuts to crush, plums to eat, flowers to pick, bugs to catch. I had my little brothers to bug me, my mom to take care of me, my dad to laugh with me and my grandparents to hold me. I had books to read, worlds of words to get lost in. I had Saturday morning cartoons, Sunday morning church, and fireflies to catch every night.
I remember reading one book about home, the author use a few examples to show what his ideal home was. The author used one multimillionaire as an example, one day the multimillionaire was found by a policeman near his house drunk. The police offer to drive him home, he replied: “Home? I don’t have a home.” When the policeman asks him about his house he said “That’s not my home, that’s just where I live.” According to the author most of multimillionaire’s family has died he lived along all by himself. The author also used another example of a man whose family got drafted apart by a civil war, after 20 years he finally found his daughter, the man instant burst with tears and said, “I’ve finally got a home again.” I believe that home means more than just a place for shelter and for family storage any more. A lot of people are still happy when they are living in cardboard boxes because they are living with the ones who they love and love them back. Without the love the house could not be comfortable at all. Statistics show that the leading cause of suicide among youth and teens are family violence. They often can’t find comfort in both home and school, and can’t find hopes in life.
Going away to college is characterized by two big changes: moving out and living independently without the comfort of parents, siblings, and old friends. Students are forced to make new acquaintances, care for their own needs, and adjust to new situations, routines, and most importantly a different environment. Although many students do not confess this, about 60% to70% of those who reside away from home for the first time develop feelings of homesickness (Van Tilburg, Vingerhoets, & Van Heck, 1999). Of that, about 7% to 10% develop a serious form of homesickness (Eurelings-Bontekoe, Brouwers, Verschuur, & Duijsens, 1998). These studies suggest that homesickness is a prevalent problem for college students. The purpose of this paper is to research
A home is a place of residence for everyone which they use to take rest or to even gather with family. Most young people think about living away from home as the best part in their lives because they will have more freedom. however, they do not realize that living at home has more benefits compared to living away from home. Inside the differences between living at home and living away from home, there are similarities in both of them.
“Home is where love resides, memories are created, friends always belong, and laughter never ends (Robot check).” A place becomes a home for me when I am around all the things that I enjoy and love. For example, when I am around everyone that I love, I enjoy a peaceful environment and the beautiful landscapes around me. The interpretation of home for me is not a physical thing that I see or that I can remember or even certain thoughts that I can relate, but it is a sensation that overcomes me when I envision being in the comfort of my own home. However, I know that this is a feeling that is calming to my soul and it quietly reassures me that I genuinely belong in a place where I can be free from people constantly judging me.
When reminiscing about my childhood a home is hard to recall. It seemed common for others to have a place called home. Moving from house to house was not the problem, but the empty feeling. Home to me was my grandparent’s house. I spent nearly all of my childhood there. My grandparents bought the one story house with two bedrooms in the early seventies. From the spacious bedroom, to the kitchen with endless possibilities and the way I spent my time this house defined my character.