Home isn't a place

I feel like I've been all over the place the past two years. I fell in love, and that took me across the state to my new home, but I can never forget where I came from, and how that place makes me feel.
It is really weird when you move away from home, and start to transition into what is your new home. There is a lot more adjusting than I had originally imagined, trying to figure out where your place is and how you fit in. I hate that feeling, I am a pretty awkward person and I hate feeling uncomfortable..(what do I do with my haaands!?) so I always appreciate having my family and close friends around me.

Home is where you fit in and where you are loved and accepted. To me, home can be so many places. It can be where you grew up, moved to, go to college, or even where you work. I've thought a lot lately about "home," and I want my home to be everywhere I go. I want to feel comfortable and accepted and loved everywhere I go. Two of the most amazing people I know made me realize this just the other day. Mark and Haley Ray are my most recent employers back in Port Angeles. Over the time I worked for them they always made me feel at home, and have always embraced me for who I am. I was finishing up at work the other day, and they both came in as well as Zach to check on me. We got to talking and the next thing we knew it was two hours later, we had had a couple drinks, and Zach had been strumming his guitar the whole time. I just love people that are so chill, they make people feel good everywhere they go. They make people feel at home whenever they are around.

I realized this, and it made me aspire to be that way. Everyone loves what home feels like, I want to feel that way all the time, and spread it around.
Finding yourself is one of the most confusing and difficult things in anyone's life, and we are only making it harder for the people around us by judging and having a closed mind. We just have to accept people for who they are, realize their strengths and embrace them. I think making others feel good is one of the best ways to make yourself feel good as well. It's a start at least, ya know positivity is contagious.
It feels good that I know I have a few homes, and a whole lot of family. I have that here in Yakima, back in my hometown, with my co-workers, and I hope to create that in my new workplace (I just had an amazing job interview today, it's looking promising!). It all boils down to loving one another, no mater the circumstances, and you can feel at home everywhere you go, and that feels good.