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Personal History Writing Prompt: week 15

Home is the topic for April. This week we are exploring your definition of what a home really is.

WHAT MAKES A HOME?

What makes a house a home? Many people have different types of houses, so what turns that ordinary 4 walls (or RV, or Tent, or Mother in law pod, or whatever..) into a place that we call “home”?

Home is where the heart is, so what are the bare essentials you need to make a house a home?

QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT

  • What helps you feel ties to a particular place?
  • Name something that you cant imagine living without in your home
  • Where do you feel the safest and most loved in your home?
  • Do you consider your abode a home?
  • What do you do to help your house feel like a home to family and visitors?
  • If you had to pick up and move tomorrow and could only take 5 objects,(not family members or pets) what would you choose. Why these 5 objects? How do they tie you to your home?
  • What is one thing you would like others to know about your home?