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What Makes a House a Home?
We often confuse the structural, physical entity that is the house as home. It may be the body of the home, and just like we relate to our body, the home relates to the house structure.
Home is when it is lived, filled with life, with the smell of cooking, or when children are busy playing in the lawn.
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