What is home? By dictionary definition, a home is a person's permanent living space. By my definition, a home is where you feel secure, it’s where your belongings are, it’s where you make your childhood memories that last a lifetime. If one understands and has a place they call home, they would know that there is no concrete description of one.
The answer to the question of where my home is should be quite simple yet a question so elementary always leaves me confused. I get asked this question every so often because apparently, my accent makes me seem American, yet my looks tell a different story. It happens every year... it's the first day of school, I go to class, and it's the usual series of questions: What grade are you in? What's your name? WHERE ARE YOU FROM? It's that question that really baffles me because I don't have a very candid …show more content…
However, being exposed to different cultures doesn’t necessarily mean that I call different places home. I should say that I’m Lebanese but have I really spent the majority of my life in Lebanon?
If my home means where I’m born, then I’m from Montreal, Canada. I’ve only been there twice, however. The first time for my birth and the second for when my sister was born. I also have the passport. Is that what makes a home?
After living in Canada for a few months, I moved to Bahrain. In Bahrain is where I made memories that I can vividly remember to this day. It’s where I really established a connection with friends that I’m still in touch with 12 years after. Is that what makes a home? After Bahrain, I moved to Saudi for a few months, but I don’t feel like that change has had any lasting effect on me as I didn’t really establish close connections with friends or make any memories. So is just a living space considered a
The answer to the question of where my home is should be quite simple yet a question so elementary always leaves me confused. I get asked this question every so often because apparently, my accent makes me seem American, yet my looks tell a different story. It happens every year... it's the first day of school, I go to class, and it's the usual series of questions: What grade are you in? What's your name? WHERE ARE YOU FROM? It's that question that really baffles me because I don't have a very candid …show more content…
However, being exposed to different cultures doesn’t necessarily mean that I call different places home. I should say that I’m Lebanese but have I really spent the majority of my life in Lebanon?
If my home means where I’m born, then I’m from Montreal, Canada. I’ve only been there twice, however. The first time for my birth and the second for when my sister was born. I also have the passport. Is that what makes a home?
After living in Canada for a few months, I moved to Bahrain. In Bahrain is where I made memories that I can vividly remember to this day. It’s where I really established a connection with friends that I’m still in touch with 12 years after. Is that what makes a home? After Bahrain, I moved to Saudi for a few months, but I don’t feel like that change has had any lasting effect on me as I didn’t really establish close connections with friends or make any memories. So is just a living space considered a