What is Home

Insights from my journal pages

Cynthia Berg
Nov 5 · 2 min read
Image by Cynthia Berg

What is home but all the blankets bunched up at my feet by morning? I open one eye to see the cat sitting upright by the pillow, contemplating my eyelashes. Home is going to the bathroom together, straightening the rug in the hallway again. It’s flip-flops down the stairs and a spoon clinking around in a coffee cup. Home is that first sip and a familiar sigh.

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Cynthia Berg

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Coach & creator of Insight Writing® at www.ofinkandinsight.com & editor of www.medium.com/memento-writing, writes about writing, healing & discovery at midlife

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