HOUSE vs HOME

"From a Sermon by the Reb, 1981

'A military chaplain told me the following story:

A soldier's little girl, whose father was being moved to a distant post, was sitting at the airport among her family's meager belongings.

The girl was sleepy. She leaned against the packs and duffel bags.

A lady came by, stopped, and patted her on the head.

"Poor child," she said, "you haven't got a home."

The child looked up in surprise.

"But we do have a home," she said. "We just don't have a house to put it in."
'"

--Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith, p 111