In a difficult part of my live, I once considered this home away from home my second home and the people inside the home my second family. For a prolonged period, my father worked overseas, and I would rarely see him, so weeks turned to months and months to a calendar year. My best friends’ family often offered for me to come over for dinner and sometimes just to hang out and play around because they understood no one was at home to take care of me. The house the family lived in was a 2-story house with 4 bedrooms, all upstairs, with a living room downstairs and a sauna in the garage. It was well decorated with its warm pastel wall colors and chocolate furniture but there was nothing especially about the home. It’s impact stays with me because of the family that resided inside it, so although they may have moved out, every time I pass the house, I feel nostalgia.

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