9-8-2017

Mary's Minute

“For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.” 

                                                          ― Stephanie Perkins 

“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”

                                                          ― Maya Angelou

While we watch people's homes destroyed by Hurricane Harvey and people leaving everything they own behind running from Irma, it makes me reflect on the notion of home.  Home is a place where we feel safe.  I would say instead, that it is not a place where we feel safe, but a feeling of safety.  Home is a feeling, or even a person or people.  

A massive hurricane destroys more than roofs and windows; it takes away a feeling of safety at every level.  In loneliness we ache for a person who can make us feel safe. 

Perry Central has been called a family, and we also think of it as a place we feel at home.  It is a place where our worth is not questioned and we feel safe.  It is certainly who we want to be: a safe place where we feel valued. We want to be a home! 

My heart aches for people losing and leaving their physical homes, and I emphasize what a tragedy these families are facing.  I hope in some small way, they can take heart knowing that home is not a place, but a feeling. I also thank our team at Perry Central being "home" for our students and a refuge from the storms of life. 

                                                                 Have a great week!

Mary