Home

 A simple text, and suddenly, my heart wants to go home. 

Home:

Grilled peaches and vanilla ice cream while sitting by a citronella candle on a hot summer night. 

Sitting in a garage, watching and listening to the rain pounding on the tin roof. 

Jumping over the catnip bush to get to the window to say hello. 

Making s’mores using mini waffles instead of graham crackers. 

Helping pick the black raspberries even though the thorns are prickly. 

Looking for the ripest cherry tomatoes that are best when eaten right off the plant. 

A grumpy old cat sitting at the door and watching every move of the people sitting outside. 

Talking about comic books and the newest superhero movie and planning a night at the theater to watch it. 

Home is one of the things that you don’t realize you miss until something reminds you of the people that Home are. 

-Emma Lancaster