November 5, 2021

Home sweet home 💛

Golden hour arrives a little earlier than I am personally comfortable with these days (this was taken at 4:30pm).

Yet somehow, just like every single year, I’m settling and adjusting into this new habit, this newfound slow-paced, non-frenetic season. The holidays are right around the corner. I’ll be leaving this home to return to my childhood home and the whole affair and process of planning has got me reflecting on home.

When we were told to stay in our homes last year (multiple times) I was always so grateful that I love mine so much. This home has been a refuge for me for over 5 years. Goodness, typing that it feels like that is a very long time. This home has been the backdrop of some really, really hard times and some really, really joyous ones. It has hosted countless friends and loved ones. I believe it is so important for our mental and emotional health to enjoy our daily surroundings. The past year and a half have truly highlighted this. There’s a metaphor in here about how our body is our first home (true) and then a home is something we create out of the house/space we are living in.

We have the choice, always, to make a house a home. We have the choice, always, to fully inhabit our bodies too.

So here I am, spending a little much needed time in my home, ready for November to come at me with all its got and then ready to temporarily leave this home for a few weeks and check back in with my other home (all the while staying truly at home in myself)