Five Minute Friday: Home

It is Friday again. (Well, at least it is on the East Coast.) Hello you gorgeous doll of a day. I love Fridays; just saying the word puts a jolt in my steps. I missed Five Minute Friday last week in my crazy days of preparing for the 5th annual C.H. Robinson Golf Tournament to support the Cystinosis Research Network. What an amazing and incredible day; more on the event later. But, I'm back this week. Five Minute Friday is good for the soul I've decided; five.minutes,  no more, no less. You write your little heart out and don't worry about the imperfections.


Here we go.

This week's prompt is...

 HOME

Home is everywhere.

This photo represents home to me; a stunning mixture of my two loves, standing in the backyard of my childhood home. Perfection in my heart.


START.

During my childhood home was a spacious backyard, dobermans to protect and play with me, vibrant colors in my choice of clothing and everything else I did. My parents made our home everything they thought it should be, they worked endlessly to make sure we had the necessities and then some. Home was vomiting at least 4 days a week due to medications, then running out to catch the school bus like a "normal" kid. Home was noisy and full of love.

Now that I am grown (although, let's face it; we should and hope to, continue to always grow) with a remarkable little family to call my own...home is stillness and chaos, peace and insanity, noise and quiet all swirled together into one giant dream I never thought I would get to live out. Home is a man who is so brave, he makes me stronger every day.

STOP.

Happy Friday to you all.