What is "Home?"

Watched a lovely program on TV recently, about a family of four from Britain moving to Australia....but where their 19 year daughter decided to stay in Britain, initially to finish University....and then maybe move to join them. The Mother of the family made a wonderful comment, that the four of them are what makes "home," not just the bricks and mortar. That wherever they were, that was "home."

Such a wonderful sentiment and I do and do not agree with it. Family for me will always be "home," like the lady said in the tv program. However, she was lucky, she had most of her family with her. From my experience of living abroad, if you are on your own......part of the experience is that you must try to make your new city/country feel like home, if you are to settle. It may or may not work, and if it does not......then time to move on again or go back to your spiritual home, your family.

There is a lot to be said about living abroad. It has given me experiences in life, introduced me to wonderful people that otherwise I would never have met, and helped me learn (both good and bad) about life and what we must do and not do. I will always, always be grateful for that. However, to make sure my family know it, you are and always will be my "home," and my love for you will never die. Not even the Grim Reaper can take that away :-).