{"id":584,"date":"2012-05-25T14:14:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T18:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/?p=584"},"modified":"2012-10-12T16:08:08","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T20:08:08","slug":"home-phillip-phillips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/25\/home-phillip-phillips\/","title":{"rendered":"Home \/ Phillip Phillips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t follow <em>American Idol<\/em> this year, but I tuned into most of Wednesday&#8217;s final performance show, and quickly became a fan of <strong>Phillip Phillips<\/strong>. Did you catch the show? What did you think? I really enjoyed his final performance that night of an original song he sang titled <em>Home<\/em>. I found his voice to be comforting, the lyrics moving, the acoustic guitar soothing\/magical, and thought the drums added such a soft, yet strong and beautifully complimenting sound. I was also drawn to the fact that he looked so at ease, so in his element, and I felt such happiness for him&#8230;as those rare moments of &#8220;flow&#8221; in this life are so wonderful to witness and experience.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to listen to his\u00a0<em>Home<\/em>\u00a0song for yourself <strong>. . .<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Phillip Phillips - Home\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HoRkntoHkIE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Listening to that song also makes me reflect on the subject of &#8220;Home&#8221;&#8230;specifically, the things that have felt the most like Home to me during my widowed years&#8230;things that have provided me with shelter, security, safety &#8212; important parts of my environment that provided some form of grief relief. Reflecting on these things that made-up (and still make-up) my Home felt good to think about, and I thought you might enjoy the question too. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">What are the things that have provided you with the greatest sense of Home during your widowed or grieving days?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-585\" title=\"relief\" src=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/home_shelter_may25_2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/home_shelter_may25_2012.jpg 638w, https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/home_shelter_may25_2012-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/home_shelter_may25_2012-392x300.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~<br \/>\nNow on Facebook!\u00a0<a title=\"click here for my HISTG.com FB page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief<br \/>\n<\/a>Now on Twitter!\u00a0<a title=\"click here for my HISTG.com Twitter page\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EricVaiksnoras\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EricVaiksnoras<br \/>\n<\/a>Check out my book!\u00a0<a title=\"my book \" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/book\/<br \/>\n<\/a>Feeling grateful? or feeling low?\u00a0<a title=\"HISTG Thank You Card blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/27\/sign-the-thank-you-card-today\/\">Sign the Thank You Card!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click here to return to my home page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/\">click here to return to home page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t follow American Idol this year, but I tuned into most of Wednesday&#8217;s final performance show, and quickly became a fan of Phillip Phillips. Did you catch the show? What did you think? 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