by Lori (L. Virelli)
I miss your warm embrace
And your comforting grace
We longed to raise a family with you
But our wish never came true
Even with that dismay
You made us happy anyway
You nurtured us year after year
Inside your walls we left memories so dear
Like Piezon, Max, and Sneakers
Who had lots of toys with squeakers
You breathed with life
Seeing us through every strife
Like days and weeks of being ill
And an injury that could’ve killed
You protected us from every storm
And kept us cool when it was unbearably warm
You felt so empty when he left
But only because we were bereft
Your walls stood sturdy and true
Until we were no longer blue
You were a welcoming domain
Even though it was rare to entertain
With you we never had to fret
About any lasting debt
Without you we’ve shed some tears
But we’re grateful for all those years.
By Lori DRV
Lori's Lane 
My house isn’t new by any means (built in 1940, slightly renovated in 1970, and then a little more in 2008 when we bought it). It’s not grand like the new construction, and I have some materialistic friends who like to make comments (as they try to pretend to joke) about it. But, I don’t care. I love it and it would break my heart to leave it or if something happened to it. I think it’s natural to get attached to houses. They are, after all, our homes. Where we raise our families and share our memories.
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Thank you for sharing your experience and feelings about your home, Angela. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one. I really loved that house. I’ve never lived in one where I felt as comfortable as I did there. It wasn’t new and needed some remodeling, but it felt so cozy and welcoming. Thank you for understanding. I’m glad to know you are in a home that embraces you.
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Homes do take on a personality and become one of the family, don’t they? I think that happens when we stay in them for a long time. I have moved so much that I have come to define home as where my loved ones are (as opposed to the place I live). My so, who grew up in the same house, has a closer bond to his domicile. So does his father (who had the same experience. I guess this tie to a place happens in childhood–it’s just that I moved a lot when I was a child, so I fixed my attachment to people, not places. Interesting…
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It IS interesting to find that having different lifestyles growing up can condition us on how we see home. I grew up in one house as a child. Never moved out of it until I got married. My husband and I moved to a couple of places briefly early in our marriage, but once we found that house I loved in Florida, we stayed there for 26 years. That’s where we made all our memories. I know I didn’t leave those memories there, but those walls did become family. Thanks for sharing your experience, Lorna.
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And thanks for sharing yours, Lori! 🙂
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I can feel how you miss it through your words Lori. It’s hard to say goodbye to the place you made home but you will make a new one.
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Thanks so much, Andrea. We’re working on finding that new home one day. For now, we’re in a temporary place.
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Days, years and the lives that happen in their spaces make these places home even if the location isn’t ideal… oh I know about that! Take your time, a new special place will find you. I hate that in between feeling, even if it’s not perfect when you close the door home is our sanctuary.
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Boy, you sure know about that. Definitely having that in-between feeling. Thanks for your understanding, EllaDee.
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Our mind reserves a forever cozy space for a home where we had so many good memories.
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That was my dream home there (but not the location). It was just the right size and layout. I miss that cozy feel of it too and thought I’d write it out. Thanks for the supportive comment, Anneli.
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I feel the same way about my home in Virginia.Thankfully, the memories move along with us.
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27 years is a long time inside that home, and I’m missing it (not the location). Thank you for sharing your feelings about your home in Virginia, Jill.
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You said it at least as good as Dorothy – There’s no place like home –
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Thanks, Dennis. Yes, there really was no place like that house I called home. Hope to find one just as good in our new location, but I’m missing the old one right now. Thanks for reading.
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Lovely tribute to your home. A house becomes part of us, almost takes on a life of its own. So it’s only natural we mourn it when we leave. So many memories we created there.
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27 years was a long time inside those walls, and I’m just missing the place (but not the location). Thanks for the supportive comment, Carrie.
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