It was snow that first welcomed us to Indiana. “Look, Carson and Ella!” we’d pointed out of the car’s window after our long journey up I-65, “It’s snow!!”
I had immediately felt that we were home there. For nearly three years we hadn’t seen any snow while living on the Gulf Coast, enduring Alabama’s ten months of sticky, humid summer a year. Finally feeling at home in the Midwest, I welcomed the cold and the snow and the promise of sledding and snow angels.
Then we moved, away from the place we called our home.
We have now lived in Tennessee for four months, and in our house for a little over one month. My possessions, both prized and menial, are all placed around the house. Everything is in it’s place. My childrens’ room are filled with their beds and toys and clothes. It is our house.
Until today this house hasn’t felt like home. There’s been a void that Christmas didn’t fill, that all the furniture and rugs situated just so, and family pictures hung on it’s walls couldn’t fill.
Then today, the wonder of all wonders, we woke up to snow* falling! I hadn’t even realized that I missed snow. More importantly, I hadn’t realized that I associated snow with home.
“Look, Carson and Ella,” I pointed out the window of our warm and cozy living room first thing this morning, “It’s snow!!”
They both pressed their faces against the window to watch the snow fall.
I think we are home. Finally.
*It’s not a lot of snow, but it’s just enough.
We got a few flakes here in Alabama today! Nothing stuck, but it was fun to watch the pretty stuff fall.
Glad the snow has made you feel more at home!
yay! snow! (it has been 80 degrees here.)
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A little well-timed snow can make any day perfect. Yay!
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I’m so happy that you finally feel like you’re home. Sometimes that takes awhile and for once, I’m happy it snowed. And also happy that it wasn’t here. =D
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Sometimes I don’t think we know what home feels like until we feel it. And it happens at just the right time.
Welcome home.
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I’m glad that you got your homecoming.
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Glad you are feeling settled. Add some nice hot chocolate and you’ve got a perfect day!
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So glad you are feeling this way…funny that snow would do that since we are so sick of it here, but I’m truly glad it worked wonders for you!
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Snow?! That’s all you needed to feel at home? I have about 2 feet deep in my backyard right now…I’ll gladly send you some.
Seriously, though, I’m glad that you’re feeling more at home.
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Yay!! Here’s to hoping you make a lot of memories in your new home.
xoxo
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so glad to hear it feels like home now!! I know that has to be wonderful for all of you!
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I’m still waiting for an earthquake to welcome me home to Texas.
home sweet home!!!
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Maybe just enough is better than a lot. =)
Glad you feel at home now.
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someone must have clicked their heels for you, and said “there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home”. Glad it found you!
There’s something magical about a home. Not only is it a place where you can hold all of your stuff, but it is also a place where memories are made and kept.
Recently, my wife-to-be has suggested buying a bigger house. While from a money standpoint, our best bet would be to sell our current home, I’m just way too attached to sell it or even leave. It’s something that nobody quite understands until they buy their first home, I guess.
Glad to hear about your snowfall. I remember my first winter in the new house, too.
Indeed, there’s no place like home. But sometimes, when we are away from home, we still remember the homey feeling through the things that reminds us of our homes. Like me, every time I travel away from home, I always bring my favorite blanket. So before I sleep, I can remember the crisp and clean scent of my home through my blanket.
Welcome home! I can’t wait to get settled into our newest home… moving sucks, but I don’t have to tell you that
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Sometimes the littlest things make the biggest difference.
Glad to hear you are getting settled.
Welcome home.
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how fantastic!
i hope it’s enough that the littleys can play in it.
we don’t get much in GA, so when we do- everything just seems that much happier!
here’s to many more good days at home.
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How wonderful that you’re finally feeling home. It must have been so awful to feel so unsettled for such a long time.
It’s amazing how cozy and homey snow outside can make you feel.
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Holy, hell if I see anymore snow I will serious go on a homicidal rampage (because Seattle clearly doesn’t know how to deal).
Ok maybe not really.
But I’m glad it has that feeling of home for you
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I am glad! I hope it continues to feel more like home.
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I think that the lack of snow here in Philly is what makes me very reluctant to ever call this place home.
Thankfully I will be going HOME to Northern Ontario for a little vacation to enjoy the snow.
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I can totally send you some excess midwestern snow.
You have missed one of the COLDEST winters since 1996 this year. It has been so flipping cold, girlfriend. It’s not even funny anymore.
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I would miss having 4 seasons if I had to live without them for very long.
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you know, I feel the same way. I grew up in Michigan where we get an obscene amount of snow. It’s not a cozy home without a good dumping of snow.
I totally understand.
you know, I feel the same way. I grew up in Michigan where we get an obscene amount of snow. It’s not a cozy home without a good dumping of snow.
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There are some things that can make you feel at home in ways that nothing else can. YAY for snow!
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It’s always nice to finally feel at home! And it’s always the little things that do it!
We still miss you in Indiana, though!
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glad to hear you’re finally feeling like you’re home.
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So happy to hear you say that!
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That is wonderful. I really miss snow and my boys have been begging to go somewhere there is snow. I have been enjoying a cold snap but alas, it will be 73 degrees here Friday.
We are taking the boys to Stone Mountain sometime next month. They have artificial snow and while I know it is not the same, it is the best I can do for now!
Glad you are “home”.
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It’s always nice to be back at home.
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I have a question for anyone who knows the answer. My question is How often should a 1 year old be changed at a daycare if he gets there at 10:30 a.m. and eats lunch has a nap and has a snack and gets picked up at 5:00 P.m.? The mother is a single parent of 2 young children trying to go to school and get a job and now has to worry about who is watching her children. Today when she picked them up they give her everyday a sheet of paper that tells her everything her son did and the time he did it. So there is a paper trail. On the paper it shows he was only changed once today right after she dropped them off. I am a CNA and we have to change adults every 2 hours because their skin is thin and it breaks down fast. I figure he should have been changed if not every 2 hours at the very lease after lunch, after he wakes up from nap, and after he is done with his snack. So that is at lease 3 times while he is under their care. However if they check him and he isn’t wet if you have the paper document that he was checked and didn’t need a change. Am I wrong? Please let me know.
sorry wrong place