{"id":245,"date":"2013-05-09T22:53:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T22:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2020-11-17T23:39:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T23:39:18","slug":"what-is-it-that-makes-the-house-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"What is it That Makes the House a HOME?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do pedals and the smell of flowering blossoms nestled closely to a stable foundation in springtime make the house a home?<\/p>\n<p>Is it the color one picks inside and out to express their personal lifestyle during summer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s height the thing that makes a house a home?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it is the freshly refinished hardwood floor, carpets, furniture, lighting, or all the little knick knacks one acquires in autumn that determines a home?<\/p>\n<p>Or could it be the warmth from a winter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hearth which breathes life into a house during special moments at the fireside that defines a home?<\/p>\n<p>Surely it must be the sound of once echoing voices, the patter of little feet and paws, or the love given and received under the security of a dry roof that creates the home?<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, we borrow the things that make a house a home to which we once belonged; and if we are fortunate, the HOME willingly passes these cozy little spirits on from one family to the next, even if it was never intended.<\/p>\n<p>That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what makes the house a HOME!<\/p>\n<p>By:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 John VanderSyde \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a05\/8\/13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do pedals and the smell of flowering blossoms nestled closely to a stable foundation in springtime make the house a home? Is it the color one picks inside and out &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/?p=245\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is it That Makes the House a HOME?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-va-character"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}