In 2011, $11.7 billion worth of property was lost due to fires alone. People lose their homes everyday around the world for many reasons: fires, foreclosure, unemployment and death to name a few. A home is an important part of someone’s life; we develop an attachment to our homes over time. When you lose your home it can affect you greatly, even if it’s just a building. However, maybe the hardest part of losing your home is finding a new one.
Fortunately, I have never faced these hardships and neither has any of my friends. However, I know of friends who were forced to move because of their parents’ job-sometimes even to a new country. They were forced to move away from their friends and family as well as their home. They also had to learn how to adapt to the new environment, whether it was learning to speak a new language or making new friends.
Moving to a different home is also difficult. It takes time to adjust to the home and get used to living in it. Maybe you’ll never be able to completely call it your home. But I believe that your home is where your friends and family are. If you can find those things, then you can call it your home. It’s not really the physical aspects of the home we get really attached to. It’s the people and little details you see throughout your day that makes your home yours. Maybe you have that one neighbor that’s always sitting outside when the weather is nice. Or maybe you have a friend that lives next door that you talk to over the fence of your backyard. Whatever it is, if you can find those things and realize what they mean to you, you have truly found your home.
This story was inspired by all those people who have lost their homes and are struggling to find a place to call home.
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