Comments on: A House is Not a Home.

By: Lara

Lara — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:40:47 +0000

Oh my goodness–I can relate to this so much. I too get SO attached to the places I live. I think it is because I grew up living in the same house (like you), until my later teen years, when my parents divorced. My dad is still in the house I grew up in (thank goodness, I will bawl if he ever leaves), but my mom has moved twice. I have lived in about 8 different places since moving out when I was 18 to go to college. I am attached to every single one of them.
Have you heard Miranda Lambert’s song “The House That Built Me”? That is what this post reminds me of :)

By: Michaela

Michaela — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:08:39 +0000

What a wonderful post! I am in a similar situation myself and your post helps me understand what I already know, yet at the same time, do not want to accept.
I spend the last couple of hours reading your posts, you are such a sweet person and a true inspiration!
Thank you so much, Emily!

By: Haley

Haley — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:20:43 +0000

I absolutely love this post. So beautiful…just like you :-)

By: Cati @ crave and create

Cati @ crave and create — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:02:31 +0000

Thank you for this post, Emily. I will soon be changing to a new career, and will need to move from my home because I will no longer be able to afford it. I’ve been experiencing many of the same emotions you described, and your post was exactly what I needed to read to help me understand that it is what I do that transforms a house into a home.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:25:24 +0000

This post really resonantes with me, and brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing such a deep, personal part of your life with us. My parents sold my childhood home when I was 19 and living out of the country, and I didn’t have the chance to “say goodbye” to it. Now, any moves relating to my family members or me are quite difficult. While I still mourn the house and the loss of connection to my hometown, I too, am learning to make new spaces “home” – where the family is.

Thank you. This was beautiful. Best of luck with your move.

By: Monica

Monica — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:27:59 +0000

Great post, and oh so true! I struggle with many of these same feelings. My parents divorced when I was seventeen and I think it forever altered my comfort and issues with “homesickness”. It was hard to have the feeling of home challenged and I have had to reach a place in life where home is really wherever my husband is, not the physical structure of which I live in.

By: Andrea @ CanYouStayForDinner.com

Andrea @ CanYouStayForDinner.com — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:39:31 +0000

Such a beautiful post. So much heart. Your insight is inspiring and raw. I loved reading

By: grandma Diane

grandma Diane — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:24:21 +0000

EM, you need to talk to Aunt Toby. She has had to move so many times during her marriage and Kroger. Always has been left to sell the house on her own while Kev went on to his new job several weeks before. I’m sure she has some insight into your situation.
Grandma Diane.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:32:02 +0000

I love that line! so true… posting it as my fb status (with credit of course!) no miles can separate those that are in your heart!

By: maya @ finding balance in tokyo

maya @ finding balance in tokyo — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 07:19:22 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this. I understand what you mean and how you feel completely. I have never dealt well with change, and I have always invested too much emotional meaning to physical objects.

Moving from place to place and leaving such memory-filled places behind, or even something as simple as breaking a favorite glass, trigger huge emotional responses from me. Like you I understand that the objects themselves don’t mean as much as the memories, and every change is an opportunity for something new and better, but I don’t know that I’ll ever be able to leave a place without tears.