No place like my home.

I come from a small county. Although, it is growing slowly but surely. There are two towns in the county, me being from the northernmost city. Dayton, which is in the southernmost part of the county, is the biggest and most populated. There are some sub divisions here or there in the outskirts of the cities but for the most part, everyone's house is on some land that has been passed down or that they have bought by themselves. In David Guterson's, No Place Like Home, he talks about "the master plan of Green Valley's designer and builder." As far as I know, there are not many corporate owned housing in Rhea County. The only thing corporate owned thing in Rhea County would be the Lowes, Wal-Mart, and Lay-Z-Boy factory plant. Well, there is the TVA that controls Watts Bar. So we in Rhea County do have some corporate owned things that contribute majorly to the way we live. However, the people owned businesses are still very much alive in the heart of the two cities. Pharmacies, furniture outlets, restaurants, and beauty boutiques are still there and have survived the recent corporate take over. The new Wal-Mart that has the grocery market attached with it, didn't come in till around four or five years ago and there was very much controversy over this such thing. This is because up until then, local fruit and vegetable sellers could make a living selling their produce in town. Now, though, everyone in town shops at the Wal-Mart. I mean, it does boast having everything you need. I think it important that the people owned businesses keep on the fight against the corporate business world takeover.

Home is where the heart is.

Feelings about my home:
-simple
-relaxing
-loving
-protecting
-comfortable

When I began to think of a way to depict my home, I thought about the phrase, "Home is where the heart is." Do you know it? Well, thinking of this, I drew a picture of a living room with a kitchen and an open door in the background. The drawing is actually a combination of both my homes because my parents are divorced. My heart is in both of these homes so, therefore, I had to draw a little of both. The heart of my home at my father's is in the living room whereas at my mother's, it's the kitchen. All the social activities of my father and mother are located in these two different rooms. I think that when I have a house or home of my very own, all the social activity and the heart of the home will be located in both the kitchen and the living room. The last characteristic of my drawing is the open door. This signifies both of my parents' view of an open door policy meaning our door is always open to anyone and anytime.