Home is the hunter home from the hills, and the sailor, home from the sea.
Home is where the heart is.
America has an increasingly fickle heart. The Census Bureau calculates that the average American changes residences 11 times. In 25 years of marriage, my wife and I have made 12 such moves, and there are likely a few more in store for us. Our shortest stay was a matter of weeks, in an apartment with the ambiance and charm of a rest stop on an interstate. The longest was just over 13 years, in the house where our children grew up.