Episode 248 – The Home Base Bond

Did you ever think about all the different emotional charges the concept of home base may elicit? For me these all tend to be positive, probably because I’m one of those people who possesses a strong sense of place. Even though I readily appreciate and enjoy all kinds of different environments, there’s something about this little house on the hill that says “home” like none other.

As a child, I remember my parents functioning that same way for me. Home was where they were. As long as they were there, I’d be safe. Sure, there were times when I thought they didn’t understand me or that they seemed so ordinary compared to the parents depicted on television back then. But when I felt like I needed a home base I could really trust, I inevitably  turned to Mom and Dad.

And so it is or should be with our animals, as one of my clients clearly discovered when his cats involved him in a game.