What does the word home mean for you

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A warm bed that you can’t get out of in the morning, a tiny pink toothbrush in the bathroom, and the sound of my husband’s key in the door at the end of the day. —Dena Nilsen; Charlotte, North Carolina

My husband and I moved our family 10 times over a period of 22 years. Before we became nomads, we thought of home as where we had grown up. (Iowa for him, Delaware for me.) Now that we’re adults, home is wherever we gather with our family and friends. Houses get bought and sold; a home stays with you always. —Joel Melsha; Winter Garden, Florida

Anywhere my kids are. —Millie Ayala; Northport, New York

The sensation of peace on a cozy, rainy Sunday; the feeling of relief when you pull into the driveway after a long trip; a quiet kiss on the head of a baby asleep in my lap; and the warmth of my husband’s arms. Home has been many places for me over the years, but its comforts are defined by simple, blissful moments like these. —Sarah Bernard; Somersworth, New Hampshire

Home is a place you can feel comfortable cooking breakfast in your pajamas. —Danielle Halloran; Folsom, California

A clean, fresh, lemon-scented living room, open windows, plenty of sun and warmth everywhere, and my mother’s cheese pie baking in the oven. —Thei Zervaki; New York, New York

Where I can be naked, both emotionally and physically. —Courie Helene Weiss; Marina Del Rey, California

Anywhere my husband is. «You’re My Home» is an old Billy Joel song, and that is what is engraved on the inside of his wedding band. The lyrics are «I’ll never be a stranger, and I’ll never be alone. Wherever we’re together, that’s my home.» After 12 years and two kids, it’s still true. —Jennie Rook; Clarence Center, New York

Home isn’t a place; it’s a feeling. —Winter Skelton; Springfield, Missouri

Whether I’m in my husband’s warm arms or smelling the sweet smell of my newborn baby, home means always having someone to nuzzle with before drifting off to sleep. —Natalie Plummer; Chattanooga, Tennessee

Home is where my own bed is. —Jenny Steadman; Shaker Heights, Ohio

A place where I can be 100 percent me. If I want to make fried bologna with a side of couscous or have a cackling laugh attack watching I Love Lucy, I can, because I’m home. —Jessica Hanson; Marseilles, Illinois

A warm dog curled up by your feet at bedtime. —Jesely Alvarez Masencup; Seattle, Washington

Home is being around people who can drive you absolutely crazy one moment and make you feel like a million dollars the next. It’s knowing that no matter how hard times get, someone is there for you. —Lexi Williams; Winnemucca, Nevada

It’s where I don’t have to be perfect. I can put on my PJ’s and sit down with a glass of wine right next to the dust bunnies―and they’re fine with it. —Valerie Hoffmann; Rochester, Minnesota

Home is a place of love and comfort that always welcomes you with open arms―and perhaps a plate of freshly baked cookies. —Jaime Meier; Durham, North Carolina

Home means catching fireflies out on the front lawn with my brother. Those were the best times of my life. —Shannon Cuthrell; Cary, North Carolina

Home is where the rags of your life are turned into quilts, lemons become lemonade, and a few extra pounds are simply welcomed as «more of you to love.» —Sherry Bubnowski; Four States, West Virginia

The smell of my mother’s perfume. Even though we live 3,000 miles apart, if I walk down the street and someone is wearing it, I immediately feel like I’m home. —Lynne Nesselrode; San Diego, California

A zone where my boss, pesky customers, and bad drivers are absent and where the absurdities of the day can be shared―unchecked, unedited, and without remorse. —Hilary Clark; Scottsdale, Arizona

Home means sanctuary. —Beth Keenan; Tampa, Florida

My husband and I married seven years ago, and we’ve moved about every year since. Home to me is unpacking that last box. —Mandy Romney; Seattle, Washington

Home is where I can take off my bra. —Jo List; Fort Myers Beach, Florida

My husband and I lost our home to Hurricane Ivan in 2004. We purchased a 29-foot RV, parked it next to the shell of our house, and called it home for two years while we rebuilt. We laugh, because although we now have a big, beautiful new house, we just can’t seem to part with that little RV. Home is where you happen to be, even if the circumstances aren’t stellar. —Gina Maddox; Gulf Breeze, Florida

Home for me means total acceptance. And a dirty litter box. —Michelle Williams; Dallastown, Pennsylvania

Every room in my parents’ home is filled with memories: the dining room where we ate holiday meals, crammed around a table too small for the crowd, and the kitchen where my brother once cut off one of my braids. As my brothers and I prepare to sell our childhood home, we are filled with recollections of wonderful times. Although we won’t physically have the house much longer, we will always have the love that came from within its walls. —Pilar Westfall; Glenview, Illinois

A place that evokes a sigh of relief as I walk in the door. —Courtney Golden; Arlington, Virginia

Home is that magical spot where grass stains are removed from the knees of pants, Popsicles are always in the freezer, and tuna casserole actually tastes good. —Dana Fowler; Tustin, California

It’s the sun coming through the kitchen window every morning, my husband at the counter, making lunches as we leave for work and school. It’s my neighbor Karen lending me a cup of sugar, the drone of Bill’s lawn mower, and Liz turning on her porch light at precisely 8 p.m. It’s my eldest, Nora, off to the mall, my son Thomas leaving for baseball practice, and Mary asking me to read her another chapter of Hoot. It’s the dog sneaking up on her favorite chair and a final peek in each bedroom to make sure everyone is safe and sound. Home means predictability in an uncertain world. —Maureen Reilly Barnes; Arlington Heights, Illinois

Home is the smell of my husband’s neck, right below his ear. —Shawnee Jones-Bonnette; Corpus Christi, Texas

A place where I can wear purple yoga pants, a holey yellow T-shirt, and flip-flops without feeling as if I’m about to be ambushed by the hosts of some TV makeover show. —Tara Pierson Hoey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Living in Manhattan, where space is often tight, I’ve learned not to limit the definition of «home» to my closet-size bedroom in a shared apartment. New York City is my extended home: The local coffee-shop counter becomes my kitchen table for the morning crossword puzzle, and the Great Lawn in Central Park is transformed into my living-room couch for weekend naps and lunchtime relaxation. —Oliver Gaag; New York, New York

Our 1999 Volkswagen Passat wagon. My husband drove me to my law-school graduation in it. It took us on our fifth-wedding-anniversary trip. We used it to move into our house. When I was in labor, our Passat took me to the hospital and brought us home after our son was born. My husband wants a new car, but when I look at our old one, I realize that I have spent more time in it than in our house. It is in that Volkswagen that we have mulled over big decisions, enjoyed the scenery, cried, laughed, and sung songs. It’s our home. —Maura Jeffords; Washington, D.C.

Home is where my younger brother can’t understand why a boy would stop liking me. —Emma Button; Stillwater, Minnesota

What does home mean to me? A pantry, fully stocked with jars of pickles, jams, and fruits, all preserved by friends, family members, and me. Home is going into that pantry, leaning against its shelves, which are probably a little dusty, popping open a Mason jar of homemade apple butter, and eating it right there, out of the jar with a long iced-tea spoon. —Victoria Fedden; Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Home is my soft place to land. —Missy Hicks; Valparaiso, Indiana

As a guy’s guy, I consider myself to be an expert at a few things: sports, grilling, and watching action films. But as much as I would like to think that my life is as fabulous as one of those movies, it’s mostly stress and drudgery―except when I’m at home. At home, I feel like I’m a superhero. When I succeed, it’s like winning the World Series. My wife and children fling popcorn and flock to me like the slugger that I can sometimes be. On the off chance that I don’t make the grade, I still feel comfortable failing. I get hugs and kisses and then see the brighter side of things. In my home, I find the perfect mix of laughter and feel-good drama that helps me continue to survive. —John R. Williams; McKinney, Texas

Bathing suits dangling from the deck rail, a healthy pour of crisp white wine in my glass, and the scent of the grill on my husband’s shirt. —Amy Moriarta; Oak Park, Illinois

Home to me is listening to Jackson Browne songs. This always reminds me of those lazy Sundays when my mom would wake the whole house with his music, the smell of sausage and pancakes, and her impassioned, off-key voice. —Lauryn Wiley; Houston, Texas

When I was growing up, my household was rocky. My extended family and friends knew what I was going through, and they were there for me. It was in their homes that I received the love, the support, and the sense of security that helped make me who I am today. —Jeanine de los Reyes; South San Francisco, California

Baking pies. I learned this craft from my mother, who learned from my grandma Jane. This reminds me that I come from a long line of talented, strong women and that I will be the next one to pass on those baking skills. —Anna Caraszi; Portland, Maine

A log cabin set in the snowy mountains, where I’m wrapped in a soft blanket on an oversize plaid couch in front of a roaring fire in a great stone fireplace, drifting to sleep in this toasty-warm room. —Melissa Burdon; East Greenwich, Rhode Island

The delicious scent of dinner in the oven, the wonderful sight of my girls playing together, and the annoying sound of Barney singing in the background. —Kristin Ricci; Haddon Heights, New Jersey

It’s where my palm meets my daughter’s palm. When I’m holding her hand in mine, there is no place on earth I’d rather be. —Cris Phillips-Georg; Orlando, Florida

As the saying goes, home is where the mom is. —Valerie Warner; Farmington Hills, Michigan

For me, home is the sound of my husband’s laughter, my spaniel’s boundless joy, and a bouquet of fresh flowers on the table. —Cynthia Blackledge; Houston, Texas

Welcome chaos. From my parents’ bickering to my siblings running amok, I wouldn’t have it any other way. It makes me feel a little more sane. —Rebecca E; Pennsylvania

I work at a nonprofit organization serving the homeless, and they have taught me that home is where you are treated with dignity and respect and where you feel safe and deserving, even on the worst days. —Sue Veazie; Eden Prairie, Minnesota

The smell of fresh laundry and a hot cup of tea. —Camilia Kennett; Highland, Illinois

I know I’m home when I feel loved and secure and the clutter is all mine. —Barbara Santoro; Spring Hill, Florida

Home means snow skis still sitting in the living room in June, dishes in the sink, too much artwork for too little wall space, and Indian takeout in the fridge. —Amy Goldhammer; Berkeley, California

A good man, a good chair, and a good wine. —Donna Sullivan; Redding, California

The word home means different things to different people. To some, it’s simply the place where you are living at any given time; to others, it embodies a deeper meaning, a place where you not only live and relax, but a place where you know you are comfortable and will be accepted by those around you.

Why is home special?

Home provides security, control, belonging, identity, and privacy, among other things. “But most of all, it’s a place that provides us with a centering—a place from which we leave each morning and to which we return each evening.”

What symbolizes home?

The symbolism of the house is associated with enclosed and protected space similar to the mother’s womb. In fact it is the first place in each person’s life. As an enclosed space it serves to shelter and protect from the outside world.

What creates a sense of place?

Sense of place is determined by personal experiences, social interactions, and identities. Understanding sense of place in the urban context would be incomplete without a critical consideration of cities as socially constructed places both inherited and created by those who live there.

How can I improve my sense of place?

Public spaces can create this sense of place when people visit the space often and return to the space because they like the feel and are attached to it in some way. It is this deeper connection to a public space that makes the space a place for people to come back and associate with it.

Why sense of place is important?

An understanding of place is fundamental to the concept of livability, including transportation-related aspects of livability. People live in places, move within and between places, and depend on the movement of goods to and from places. The individual characteristics of places are vital in determining quality of life.

What is the spiritual meaning of a house?

Just like the city, the TEMPLE, the palace, and the MOUNTAIN, the house is one of the centers of the world. It is a sacred place, and it is an image of the universe. It parallels the sheltering aspect of the Great Mother, and it is the center of civilization.

Is home a place or a feeling?

It is said that home is a feeling, not a place. No matter how old we are or how many miles away we live, it still feels like home. We may feel “at home” in a number of different places but only a handful have the distinction of being home.

Is home a state of mind?

Home is different from a shelter or a house. Home is where your body and mind feels it belongs, protected, loved and welcomed. Home is not simply where we live; it’s a state of mind where you feel most at peace.

What does it mean when someone says you feel like home?

If I say that, it means I am comfortable with you to the point that you feel like my safe place, my haven, where I belong. It’s always a good thing, in my experience. It feels so safe and warm, and happy. A place I never want to leave.

What is a word for feeling at home?

other words for feel at home lie down. recline. sit back. take it easy. unwind.

Is there a word for feeling every emotion at once?

Ambivalent (adj.) ambivalence and ambivalency noun, originally psychol the concurrent adherence to two opposite or conflicting views, feelings, etc about someone or something. ambivalent adj.

What is another word for feelings?

What is another word for feeling?

How do you describe the feeling of love?

People who are in love generally feel a powerful sense of empathy toward their beloved, feeling the other person’s pain as their own and being willing to sacrifice anything for the other person.

What is the strongest word of love?

15 Words That Are Stronger Than ‘Love’ And Mean Far More

• Lust – I lust after you.
• Adore – I adore you.
• Treasure – I treasure time with you.
• Intimacy – I love our emotional intimacy.
• Trust – I trust you with my heart.
• Ally – I am your ally in life.
• Value – I value your company.
• Happy – You make me happy. This is a personal favorite!

What is the best love message?

Sweet Love Message

• Each time I look at you, I find myself smiling.
• Every time I pray, I pray for us to be together forever.
• I had been dreaming about you even before I met you, I am glad I found my dream.
• Darling, I promise to love and treasure you all the days of my life, because I love you so much.
• Without you, I would be lost.

What is the most romantic quote ever?

Romantic Song Quotes

• “ All of me loves all of you.
• “ It’s always better when we’re together.” – “Better Together” by Jack Johnson (Get it on iTunes)
• “ Now you’re my whole life.
• “ You know it’s true.
• “ Take me into your lovin’ arms.
• “ I’ll never stop trying.
• “
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What can I say instead of lots of love?

Synonyms for Lots of love

• with love. adv. & int.
• with loving regards. adv.
• best wishes. int.
• lot of love. n.
• much love. n.
• great love. n.
• with great affection. adv.
• plenty of love. n.

How do you say love?

Classic ways to say I love you

1. I love you. Sweet, simple and easy to remember.
2. I’m in love with you. This phrase is a bit more intense than the simple, ‘I love you.
3. You’re the love of my life.
4. I love you to the moon and back.
5. I’m crazy about you.
6. I’m head over heels for you.
7. You’re my other half.
8. I will always love you.

What are the types of love?

Meet the 8 Different Types of Love

• Philia — Affectionate Love. Philia is love without romantic attraction and occurs between friends or family members.
• Pragma — Enduring Love.
• Storge — Familiar Love.
• Eros — Romantic Love.
• Ludus — Playful Love.
• Mania — Obsessive Love.
• Philautia — Self Love.
• Agape — Selfless Love.

What are the 7 types of love?

What Are The 7 Types of Love?

• Eros: Love of the body. This type of love illustrates sexual attraction, physical desire towards others, and a lack of control.
• Philia: Affectionate love.
• Storge: Love of the Child.
• Agape: Selfless Love.
• Ludus: Playful Love.
• Pragma: Long-lasting Love.
• Philautia: Love of the Self.

What is the best type of love?

According to experts, mature love is the best kind It is imbued with security and serenity, which everyone needs. The emotional health of adult love is much more fruitful. It has benefits at the emotional, individual, and relationship level.

Which love is best first or second?

After you face the worst in your first love, you are blessed with the second, which is better. After you have broken your heart, you realize that it was good somehow, because the second time, the person you love, will make you feel better than you felt the first time.

Home is not a place…it’s a feeling.” “What I love most about my home is who I share it with.” “There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.” “Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to.” Home is where I was raised. Where I played, laughed, cried, and learned. It is where I grew. Where I became me, a strong, intelligent woman, confident in myself, in my future and in my past.

I believe that a home is more than four walls and a roof over head. Home is an environment. It is the feeling that greets me when I walk through the door. It is the people who wait for me to get home. My home is my rock-solid foundation, and I will take it with me when I leave. I believe that home is where individuals become themselves, not primarily physically but mentally. It becomes a mold that forms who they are.

Home for me is made of experiences, moments of my life that helped to change me and to teach me. For that reason, my home is also people and when home takes on a human form, it is called family. I believe that family is a relative term, nothing to do with blood, defined by relationships. No matter where I go in the future, my foundation will always sit firmly in this environment and with these people who have formed me as a person and taught me how to live. I know that I can always come home. After all, home is where the heart is.

No matter where I go in the future, my foundation will always sit firmly in this environment and with these people who have formed me as a person and taught me how to live. I know that I can always come home. After all, home is where the heart is. By definition – A house is a building built for habitation where as a home is an abode built for one’s family. But a home is something more special than that. A home is a place, where you feel comfortable. A house is just shelter. A home is a place that one loves to live in, but a house one just lives in. A home is built with a family, but a house has no intentions of family life. “A house belongs to you, but you belong to a home.”

When you go through the newspaper, you find many houses for sale. Sometimes at street corners, you find signs saying that there is a house available for rent. A house is a place in which people live. It offers shelter. There may be thousands of houses in the city in which you live, but there is only one, which you call your home. The house which your family choose to live in becomes your home. The builder only constructed a house. When you moved in, it became your home. Home is the place where your family is. It provides emotional warmth and security. A house, on the other hand, provides shelter. Usually people buy a home and sell a house. People who are away from their home often complain about being homesick, not housesick. What they lack is not a roof over their head, but the emotional warmth and security. Nowadays, every city has a home for the aged. They are not called house for the aged because these places provide not only shelter but also emotional comfort for the old people. Other common expressions in English are: There’s no place like home, Home, sweet home, and Home is where the heart is. Nobody ever substitutes the word house in any of these expressions.

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With seconds to spare, I take a swift glance at my boarding pass. Like a dog restlessly looking for a shelter during a storm, I drag myself through the frenetic sea of people, attempting to not be deserted in one of the most populated city in the world: Mumbai.

Thankfully, I manage to board my flight seconds before the gate closes, without being turned into a waffle – phew. As I walk through the Jet Bridge into the plane, the flight attendant welcomes me aboard with a “Hello”. I respond back with a smile while jumbling two bags at the same time. It’s finally the time to leave home forever, leaving everything behind, for a totally new journey.

It is the spring of 2014, and my parents are ready to leave, with all the luggage nicely packed and ready to go. I exchange a last few goodbyes with my friends, and everything that I would have to leave behind. In a matter of few days, I would be in a completely different land, with different culture, different food, different language, different people, different everything.

So where is home? In the place I am living, or in the place where I will be in a few days? Vadodara or in a foreign land called Chicago? Like a broken compass, I can’t decide my true north.

Unresolved, I decide to turn to my all time favorite novel, Divergent, for a second read. I somehow manage to locate it between heaps of boxes – torn out with a few pages missing. People say that the best books tell you the things you want to hear – echoing your thoughts and beliefs. As my eyes scroll through the words, I feel like my exact thoughts are spelled out on creased papers. The dilemma that Beatrice was facing seemed to exactly match that of mine : Stay within abnegation like she has done for her whole life, or move to Dauntless for a better future? I felt like Veronica Roth stole words straight out of my mind — mimicking the same exact situation as I am in. All of a sudden, I find myself in the plane, between Mumbai and Chicago – belonging to nowhere.

I keep reading during the course of my flight. Despite the high speed of the plane, my eyes trace the words like a laser. I feel like I should be distracted, especially with the man in front of me who is snoring extremely loudly, but I am not. As I finish reading the final few words, I close the book, and place it underneath my seat in my backpack.

Realizing that both of my parents were asleep, I stare out the window, looking at the beautiful farms – It feels like everything has slowed, and time has paused in the moment. I suddenly feel a burst of content, happy, relaxing energy inside me.

This is my home. I am at home between Vadodara and Chicago. I am from both : Vadodara and Chicago. I speak both English and Gujarati. I like to use Gujarati for math and science, but I prefer English for labeling my emotions, art, and descriptions. My childhood lies in India — filled with endless visits to the park by my home, blockbuster movies, and countless amount of cricket games with friends — while my adolescence lies in US, filled with fast paced social life, beautiful pine trees, and competitive speed skating.

My daydream has given me the answer : Home is neither arrival, nor departure — Neither America, nor India. It is in between, in the cusp — that is where I feel the most satisfied, the most content.

The definition of the word “home” means different things to different people, but at its heart, it means the same thing: that soft place to land that supports us, our shelter that is our oasis of comfort.

Home can mean and do much more for us than that, and in doing so, provides us with a greater source of strength and well-being not just for ourselves, but for everyone that lives in it and who visits it. According to John Ruskin, the Victorian English art critic and social thinker, his definition of home was “Peace: This is the true nature of home – it is the place of Peace; the shelter, not only from injury, but from all terror, doubt and division.”

What Home Means to Angela Tunner, Editor-in-Chief

“Home is an Oasis. A place to renew and indulge our senses, provides safety, gives ultimate comfort and luxuriation. Home is our soft place to land, to prepare us to tackle the world outside our door. It is much more than four walls: it is a place that surrounds us with beauty, feeds and nurtures us.”

We Asked some of our friends: What Does Home Mean to You?

I asked this question to a few of my notable friends to find out what it meant to them. Here’s what they said:

MIREILLE GUILIANO –

Author, “French Women Don’t Get Fat”,  former CEO Veuve Clicquot Champagne, France, & New York

Home is a high priority in life in my book. It means a place of my/our own, a nest, a refuge, a place where we can live, relax, cook, have fun, share with friends and relatives and much more in privacy.

Visit Mireille Guiliano’s online home: www.mireilleguiliano.com

KATE HILL –

Cookbook author, cooking teacher & chef, Gascony, France

My home: a refuge, a maelstrom, a haven of hours. Bathed in changing light, growing, untidy w/ friends. A Table, a Kitchen, France. Camont.

Visit Kate Hill’s online home: www.kitchen-at-camont.com

NATALIE MACLEAN –

World renowned wine and food writer, Canada

Home to me means quiet conversation, an uncorked bottle, two glasses just poured and the evening ahead.

Visit Natalie Maclean’s online home: www.nataliemaclean.com

All around the world, no matter who you ask, it seems the feeling about home is all the same: ‘Home’ is more than just a place to sleep, it is a powerful place that has a profound effect on us all and a place to take pride in, nurture and enjoy. We’d love to hear what you think… what does home mean to you?

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Meaning of “Home”

Each one of us has the place
which brings back good memories, is the symbol of comfort and wellness, revokes
memories related to music, objects, colors, people, and dishes. This place is
called home. It is kept in our memories as an ideal one, even if it is not so
perfect. Home serves as a kind of fortress to us, our freedom and deeds. The
word home is a many faceted word that combines
different concepts. Home is culture, religion, the place where you live,
friends, relatives, neighbors, cuisine, personal objects and environment. Home
should be the place where you feel
secure, free and in the state of wellness and physical well-being. It is often
associated with parents, siblings, warmth and comfort. However, international students do
suffer a lot from this psychological sickness, and so when they lose at least
one of these components they feel homesick and start to understand the meaning
of the word “Home.”

Home is considered as a place
where you were brought up, which is related to the childhood memories, toys,
favorite dishes, and traditions. Sometimes it happens for those international
students while in the middle of the school day they have an unrestrained desire
to go home. They close their eyes and see unforgettable masterpieces – a
kitchen, a cozy bed room, a living room, a bathroom, or soft carpet under the
feet. It is related to their best
memories, family, relatives, and history. Generally, these images are the houses
of our grandparents or parents. In these spaces the family gathers and has a
wonderful time together. This place brings back warm memories about the
childhood and family holidays. Even music and flavors may make you think about
this kind of home. These are the things that any person may miss when he
is away from home for educational reasons. In fact, close relations to home cause the feeling of
homesickness. In order to find an academic opportunity abroad international
students leave their homes, families, and friend. Being in a different country
they grieve for the places, objects, people, buildings, social networks and
culture. In spite of modern technologies which give people ability to speak to
their relatives, this feeling is very common for international students who
constitute a special group of students all over the globe. It may affect the
person’s behavior and mental well-being.

  Those
students often miss every single object at their home. And that is why home is a varied and rich union of family and personal
objects. Some people evaluate objects found at home (Csikszentmihalyi 52). Very
often a guest cannot notice special elements of design which were developed by
one of the family members, furniture or decoration, made by somebody of the
relatives, pictures or valuable for heart things which are passed from
generation to generation. Individuals exhibit very strong connections and
relations to personal mementos. Even rooms, whether it is a kitchen or living
room, is one of the mementos which bring their memories back. In this way, Home
may express different aspects of our past. It is the place directly connected
with our biography, as here we had physical and special representation (Brahm 152).

In addition, it is the place
where you live, the building, its design inside and outside. It is the place
where we live, keep our properties, have a rest, receive guests, spend leisure, eat, drink, and watch TV etc. You come home after a
hard day, take a bath, lie on the sofa and do anything you want, you have freedom
of actions. Such a house or an apartment may have a link to your past at the
same time being a door to the future. In such a house you feel comfortable; you
come back to the house willingly and with great desire. For someone it may be a
huge cottage, or a house at the seaside, for others a tiny one room flat with a
kitchen. The size of your home does not mean anything. The things inside it
mean all. It should be associated with physical state in which we feel mentally
relaxed.

As for international students home
may convey the meaning of geographical location, for example a city, town, or
country. The country is usually associated with traditions, which seem significant
when you leave you native country to study abroad. It is the way people live,
the way they speak, architecture, design of houses, national music and many
other things. As an example may be taken an Arabian Gulf house, with its special
atmosphere; they are different from American ones by their cultural peculiarities,
design, colors and unique styles. As
it is a continent of cultures, world famous histories, and a mixture of customs
and traditions represent it, and it is really difficult to find a place
overseas where you may feel as comfortable and relaxed as there. Houses of the
Arabian Gulf countries are typically stucco or stone, the lines are simple,
furniture is lavish, and you may see a variety of ornamental rugs.

Furthermore, Arabian Gulf cuisine is rich on a variety
of spices. Walking along the street you will definitely smell their fragrant
flavor. All there characteristic features of the Arabian Gulf make a distinct
understanding of what home is, when referred to as a location. When we are in a foreign
country, we have an opportunity to contrast and to compare everything we encounter
in the streets, in behavior of people, traditions, culture, and the way life is
percepted. Then we start to find positive features in our native country and
realize that there are almost no disadvantages as everything is so familiar,
close to heart, and friendly, rich on traditions which seem so close,
interesting, and old and worth following. 
The memories, which arise when we think about our country as a home,
become related to the house itself, a building where we grew up and that is
when the feeling of homesick begins.

In this case, there are several reasons of being
homesick and culture shock is one of them. International students, especially
those who do not understand the language well, and who come from countries with
considerably different cultural backgrounds, have troubles adjusting to the
surrounding environment. The greater the differences between the host culture
and the native culture, the stronger feeling of homesickness will the student
experience. Culture shock causes desire for family and familiar environment. The
second reason is time difference which sometimes makes communication with
relatives almost impossible. They start feeling lonely expect the cases when
they can make friends easily. Language is considered to be the third reason of
homesickness. Sometimes international students do not speak perfectly, do not
understand the professor, and cannot express their ideas. These factors may
cause a great trouble for any international student.

 As a result,
the effects include sadness, loneliness, sleeping problems, headaches, anxiety,
isolation, and difficulties at the university or college. Unfortunately the
feeling of homesickness is long lasting and may lead to social alienation
(Hendrickson 285).  According to some
studies, students who study far away from their houses experience the feeling
of homesickness more often than those who study close to their parents
(Poyrazli 264). Those who feel homesick often have poor progress in
studying, get lower scores, and are more often depressed in comparison to students
who are not homesick (Poyrazli 264).

Thus, home is a word which embraces and has very vast
meaning. It reflects our values and beliefs that are usually associated with
the childhood which is always deep in our memories. If anything reminds us
about any aspect of beliefs or values which were followed by the family, no
doubt that you will immediately think about home. In this context home is
defined by neighborhood and ethnicity. Home is a place of memories, with
certain design, traditions, technology which support our memories. It is also a
place for practical and social activities; it is the place of individual and
collective accumulation of memories. In many cases people start appreciating
home after moving out, changing the place of living or losing relatives. Only
after it the person begins to realize how deep the meaning of the word is, how
important it is to keep relation to our home, maintain friendly, positive and
favorable atmosphere within it. In this case the proverb “East or West home is
best” is really truthful. A home holds our family and cultural heritage,
history of whole generations, reflects acceptance and limitless warmth. Being a
form of love, it is associated with a tree which has deep roots. You feel at home, you feel
comfortable and at ease in the place you are in.

Works
Cited

Csikszentmihalyi,
Mihaly, and Eugene Rochberg-Halton. The Meaning of Things: Domestic Symbols
and the Self. Cambridge [England: Cambridge University Press, 1981. Print.

Brahm,
Gabriel, and Mark Driscoll. Prosthetic Territories: Politics and
Hypertechnologies. Boulder: Westview Press, 1995. Print.

Poyrazli,
Senel, and Damian Lopez Marcos. «An Exploratory Study of Perceived
Discrimination and Homesickness: A Comparison of International Students and
American Students.» The Journal of psychology 141.3 (2007): 263-80.
ABI/INFORM Complete. Web. 18
Oct. 2012.

Hendrickson,
Blake, Devan Rosen, and R. K. Aune. «An Analysis of Friendship Networks,
Social Connectedness, Homesickness, and Satisfaction Levels of International
Students.» International Journal of Intercultural Relations : IJIR
35.3 (2011): 281. ABI/INFORM Complete. Web. 18 Oct. 2012.

Home is certainly not a place…It’s an inclination.” “What I love most about my house is who I share it with.” “There isn’t anything more significant than a decent, protected, secure home.” “Home is a spot you grow up needing to leave, and develop old needing to return to.” Home is the place where I was raised. Where I played, snickered, cried, and learned. It is the place where I developed. Where I became me, a solid, keen lady, certain about myself, in my future and from before.

I accept that a house is multiple dividers and a rooftop over head. Home is a climate. The inclination welcomes me when I stroll through the entryway. Individuals hang tight for me to return home. My house is my unshakable establishment, and I will take it with me when I leave. I accept that house is the place where people become themselves, not essentially actually however intellectually. It turns into a shape that structures what their identity is. Home for me is made of encounters, snapshots of my life that assisted with transforming me and to instruct me. Therefore, my house is likewise individuals and when home takes on a human structure, it is called family. I accept that family is a relative term, nothing to do with blood, characterized by connections. Regardless of where I go later on, my establishment will consistently sit solidly in this climate and with these individuals who have framed me personally and shown me how to live. I realize that I can generally get back home. All things considered, home is the place where the heart is.

Regardless of where I go later on, my establishment will consistently sit solidly in this climate and with these individuals who have framed me personally and shown me how to live. I realize that I can generally get back home. All things considered, home is the place where the heart is. By definition – A house is a structure worked for home where as a house is a residence worked for one’s family. In any case, a house is something more uncommon than that. A house is, where you feel great. A house is simply cover. A house is a spot that one loves to live in, yet a house one simply lives in. A house is worked with a family, yet a house has no aims of everyday life. “A house has a place with you, however you have a place with a home”.

At the point when you go through the paper, you discover numerous houses available to be purchased. Some of the time at city intersections, you discover signs saying that there is a house accessible for lease. A house is a spot where individuals reside. It offers cover. There might be a great many houses in the city wherein you live, however there is just one, which you call your home. The house which your family decide to live in turns into your home. The developer just built a house. At the point when you moved in, it turned into your home. Home is where your family is. It gives enthusiastic warmth and security. A house, then again, gives cover. Typically individuals purchase a home and sell a house. Individuals who are away from their home regularly gripe about being pining to go home, not housesick. What they need isn’t a rooftop over their head, yet the passionate warmth and security. These days, each city has a permanent place to stay for the matured. They are not called house for the matured on the grounds that these spots give cover as well as enthusiastic solace for the elderly folks individuals. Other typical statements in English are: There’s no spot like home, Home, sweet home, and Home is the place where the heart is. No one at any point substitutes the word house in any of these articulations.

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