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What is a home? Is it a place you long to return to or a dream for your future? Is a home something you choose, or surroundings you're born into? Home for me has always been confusing. Only recently have I come to accept that home for me is a journey, not a destination. What's that saying...? All who wander are not lost. I relate to that. Maybe you do too?

A house can become a home, but a home is never just a house—it's emotional connection and unconditional belonging. A home has more square footage than any structure could ever have—it's a boundless inner world filled with life stories, trials and tears, magic and joy, love and beauty, and it's ever-evolving.

Home for me right now is a cozy place with wood floors so old that you don’t care about life's added scratches. It's a place surrounded by amazing neighbors who share similar values but offer diverse insights that foster deep conversations, smart minds, and bright futures.

Finding this house was a dream come true. While I'm not one who ever truly feels settled, I've started unpacking our inner world, bit by bit, room by room, turning this house into a home, nurturing this home for how ever long we choose to be here.

Thank you for being here with me on this blogging journey where I share all of my home-nurturing ideas and information with you wholeheartedly.

Love,

Jaclyn

the day we closed on the house 3/2021

12/2021