Somebody the other day asked me what home smelled like to me and I answered: Home smells like Tide Detergent. They were confused and I knew that this wasn't what they were expecting.

Others would answer home smells like my mom's homemade cookies or my dad's homemade spaghetti and meatballs. Others would answer home is the smells of gas and piss along the streets I call home. Others would answer home is the strong smell of cigarettes and alchohol. Others would say it smells like the ocean or forest: But home isn't where my family is or a certain building or area. No, home is a place that is where I can be myself and feel safe.

Home, is a place that has no boundaries. Not that other people's smells and thoughts of home don't identify the people, but they most likely think of their house or a specific place that is enclosed. The walls, windows, carpets, and doors we are used to in a house don't make the home, people do. People that accept, cherish, and love you should be your home. Yes, I know that people come and go, but that is life.

No, don't get me wrong I love my bed, I love home cooked meals, my city of San Francisco, and the food I eat, but no people make my home. So home may smell like my brother's axe cologne or tide, the detergent my mom uses on our clothes. Home may smell like fish that my roommate would catch on his fishing trips. Home may smell like the freshly popped popcorn I make with my new found friends that are like my family. Home could smell like the boba that I drink with my friends. Home could smell like the grass that my friends lay in. Home could smell Home could smell like the dentist's office that my best friend's mom works at or it could smell like roasting marshmallows. Home could smell like the dogs at my best friend's place. Home could smell like the Home could smell like the sweat in gyms I use to play volleyball in with my volleyball family.

No, home always has new scents, because home is always changing. Home is always going to be the people, not the place. It is nice to have So how does home smell like to you? Know that home smells like whatever you want. Home can smell like cheese, feet, oranges, apples, clam chowder, corn dogs, funnel cakes, and the list goes on. The cheesy quote, "The world is your oyster" comes as an understatement. The world has many smells and I would rather keep my sense of smell than my social media, which fun fact surprisingly 53 percent of millennials rather have their social media than their sense of smell.