{"id":144,"date":"2020-04-04T14:07:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snuglittlehome.com\/?p=144"},"modified":"2020-04-04T19:47:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T23:47:34","slug":"14-simple-ways-to-make-home-in-a-new-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snuglittlehome.com\/14-simple-ways-to-make-home-in-a-new-place\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Simple Ways to Make Home in A New Place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Excitement. Hope. Fear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving is an adventure no matter how you look at it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When our family was preparing to move to South Carolina, I\nknew that I was moving away from the people and places that I knew. Sure, I had\ntraveled out of my home state. But, not to live elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a big move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a good occasion for me to ask what it is that makes a\nhouse into a home. What makes the unfamiliar and strange into the familiar and\ncomfortable? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I need to be able to make a home anywhere for my family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think the biggest fear lurking in my heart was of losing\nthat sense of comfort, belonging, and order that comes with having a place to\ncall home. There is that sense of fear when pulling out of the driveway of one\nplace where your home has been, to not come back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the things are packed, the house is empty, there is\nnothing to do, but to go on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The memories that have been built here spring to mind. Am I\nleaving happiness behind, too? Was it the right decision? I have felt this each\ntime I have left a house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, the memories that are in the homes we are moving away\nfrom were made with the same smiles and the same hands that we take with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is what took PLACE in those homes that made them more\nthan just the houses that they were when we first moved in. And, like the woman\nof Proverbs 31, we can laugh at the time to come. We simply need, by faith, to\nroll up our sleeves and to, with our own hands, make a home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It takes handmade to make homemade and nothing can make a\nhome but our hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what are those things that make a home? What do I need\nto make my family feel secure, comfortable, and happy in a new house? When we\nwake up in the morning and blink with the realization that we are not in our\nfamiliar surroundings, what do we need to do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am a list maker. So I made a list. Not a list for the practical, get \u2018r done, needs (although I did have those. I think.) A more fun list. I was trying to figure out what makes my family \u201ccoselig\u201d<\/a>. And guess what? It is not the stuff. Although, don\u2019t get me wrong, having the stuff arranged to more easily make these things happen, is part of how we make a new house from just a house into a home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This list has been helpful to me. And it still is. When I\nfeel like we are falling a bit off track, like I am spending my days spinning\nwheels instead of building relationships with my kids and husband, this list\nhas been a good reference point for me. Not comprehensive, sure. But it\u2019s a\nstart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each family is unique, but I hope this gets your idea juices\nflowing. Leave a comment and let me know what your moving tips are or how you\nmake a home. Whether you just moved, are moving in the future, or are staying\nin the same home for fifty years: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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