HOME

Home: An abode. A house. A living space.....NOPE! While all these responses at times seem appropriate, they are entirely inadequate. In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy realized that "home" was the most important place. In fact, to get there she had to repeat, "There's noplace like home." Home is where the heart is. It is where we are loved and where we love.
Charles Marling and Alice Cooper both have been under hospital care for some time and have finally been released to go home. I visited both of them today and they are both MUCH,MUCH happier being HOME. While Charles still isn't well and still has aches and neroprathy in his feet, he is so glad to be "home" with Diane. Alice is still using oxygen as she continues to get stronger daily. She longs to get back to church and friends, but is also happy in her home. Yes, home is a place that we refer to when we talk about where we hang our clothes. But more than that it is where we find and give love. "There's no place like HOME!"