An honest look at how our experience of home often differs from the stereotypical “happy home.”
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Home is not walking through the door and smelling cherry pie.
Home is a policeman dressed as a pizza delivery man and taking my dad “for a drive.”
At least that’s what my mom said.
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Home is not coming home every day to a home cooked meal.
Home is coming home to an empty house with a microwave and bread.
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Home is not a big two-story house.
Home is on the second floor with a bedroom for Mom and another for me and my sisters.
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Home is not with a loving, hardworking dad.
Home is “Daddy will be back later, baby.”
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Home is not with a happy, healthy mom.
Home is, “Mommy went in for surgery, make sure you save leftovers for the other two.”
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Home is not a different bike every other Xmas.
Home is uniform clothes every Xmas.
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Home is with a hardworking, positive-minded, cancer-surviving mom.
Home is with a drugged out, sad, dysfunctional dad
Angry at me and the world.
Home is home.
By Madison Abercrombie
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