Have you ever walked into some ones home and just felt so welcome and happy to be there?
Or stopped at some ones home and felt like it was an intrusion just to knock upon their door?

Well just like our emotions help to influence what we do. I belive it also takes a roll in how we express ourselves through decor and the atmosphere
around us.

Each person takes a roll in becoming a family and the complete family imparts their nature into the atmosphere of the home.

When I visit one of my friends homes. I get the feeling that I have to hurry and get somewhere or do something. It is because she and her family are
always rushing to get things done. When you visit you just seem to pick up on their stress level and speed to get things done.

When I visit my sisters home. It is more laid back and so peaceful. I end up trying to have a conversation or watch a movie with her but before I know the peace just feels so good. My husband or I or some times both of us end up so relaxed we fall asleep.

Our home is peaceful but in a fun way. It always has something going on. Angela is in and out with her friends. Grabbing a snack here and there. Dad is usually parked in front of the T. V. if he is home. I believe that is where he turns the world off and finds his moment to slip away. I am always into something. If not you will find me at the computer or resting my eyes. If April is home everyone knows it. She is loud and rowdy all the time.

All of the kids in the neighborhood like to hang out here. But there are times when I wish I could close the door and just be home alone.

I think you can tell with in a few short minutes of being at some ones home. What kind of day they are having. It is all in the matter of being tuned into what is going on around you.

I know if we could choose for our home to reflect who we are. Houses would be a stress free and happy environment. That is just some where past reality. I know with every window my daughter has broken. Every screen she has punched out and every whole she has put in our drywall. She has left her imprint on our home.

Just like each picture I have hung with love of my family and every plant I have placed in the living room. Right to the open curtains and windows where the light comes in. That tells my story of who I am and what I love around me.

This year there are not many flowers in my yard except for the lilies and the tulips and daffodils
I managed to plant back in the fall. They are now two feet high and reaching for the sun and nearly in bloom.

Every ones area in the house takes on a different feel. Just as every person in our family is a little different in life trends and goals. It takes each one of us to make up one family and one home.

Your home is just a house until you put your personal touches into it. No one else has to like it. What surrounds you needs to reflect who you are. There is no right or wrong atmosphere unless what you or your children are doing makes it wrong.

When that happens the whole space takes on a different feeling. Everyone around you knows it too. With each knew whole put in our dry wall. We see Aprils pain and her inability to function as a family unit. We have not patched the wholes in her room yet because she would just put more in them.
So it is best to leave it there as a reminder that she needs to work on who she is. How she handles herself and how her actions effect the things that are around her.

I firmly believe that when we are ready to replace that drywall she should be an active member of the work team. As a sign of healing and a start of a new and better life.

So when it all comes down to it. It is not what it cost or what you have that makes a house a home. It is what you put of yourself and each other into it. That is what creates the atmosphere and the balance for those who walk through your door to feel at home.

What do you think?