What's in a home?

For me, home plays a significant part in my life and my identity. All of my immediate family and close relatives reside in a concentrated area in southern Maine. Of late, I’m basically the only person who has ventured outside of Maine to live for an extended period of time. Knowing that I always have a place turn to during a rough patch in my life or to spend some quality time with family and friends is very reassuring and is why this home is very important to me.

However, home can change, and one that has grown on me that last few years is Stonehill. I’ve developed close relationships with several people here and this is a place where I feel very comfortable. I think that a home for someone isn’t necessarily a place where he or she was born and grew up, but it can be several places; it can be something in the past or something in the present. This past fall, I studied abroad in England. At first, it was all quite foreign to me, but over time I found that same comfort that I find at Stonehill and southern Maine. I think that whatever effort you put in to adjusting to a new home is what you’ll get out of it.