Home is Where your Heart is!!

For me home has always been a place to feel love and to give love. When I think of home the images that come to mind are always of being somewhere surrounded by family.

I remember as a child when we would travel to see my grandmother in Virginia, my dad would always say were going home. In Virginia we would all meet at my grandmothers and have dinner and socialize for hours on end. My dad has 6 sisters and 2 brothers and they would all come with their families to visit with us when we arrived. My family is very musical and everyone would bring their instruments, it would be like a concert on a Saturday night. We would all get together and cook. After our meal someone would start singing or pick up one of those instruments. I have wonderful feelings and memories of being together at grandma's home.

Over the years we have coordinated a family reunion in the summer. Sometimes in Virginia and other in Pennsylvania. My grandmother had a brother and sister who also moved to Pennsylvania at some time so we have many family members who live here also.  I come from a very large family, getting together is not easy, and the location is not as important long as we were together.

This picture is only a small snippet of my family. I have four older brothers and my mom raised 2 Nieces who are younger than me. On holidays and special occasions we would all get together and enjoy each others company. Sharing stories about the older generations and our current lives, we always have a lot to talk about. Home very much means family to me, what is a home if it is empty and without Love and someone to share it with. Yes we all need time to ourselves but when we get together.....