Do you live in a HOUSE or a HOME? 

When I was a child, we were on a very tight budget (poor).  We, literally, lived in a structure that had been converted from a garage but it was our HOME.  It had a slab concrete floor with no floor coverings, hot water only in the bathroom, and there was no ceiling (just exposed rafters).  This was, nevertheless, our HOME.  

After my Mom and Dad died, my brother and I went to live with an Aunt and Uncle in their HOUSE.  My Aunt & Uncle's HOUSE was much nicer than our HOME.  It had hot water in the kitchen AND bathroom and it had ceilings!  But it was never HOME.

Our HOME was where we belonged, where there was unconditional love and our refuge from the rest of the world.  The HOUSE our Aunt and Uncle provided was a place to live until we grew up and could get out on our own.  There was obligation but not love and happiness in that HOUSE.

As a real estate agent, I think of every sale as a HOME sale.  I want every client to think of that purchase as the place where they will create happy memories... where they belong, where there is unconditional love and will serve as their refuge from the rest of the world. 

As the old saying goes:  "HOME is where the heart is".  
 
Do you live in a HOUSE or a HOME?

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