Happy Holidays Methow Housing Trust homeowners and community members! For most of us, the notion of the holidays is symbolized by the sharing of gratitude, gathering for a lovingly prepared meal with family and friends, and a feeling of home. Sharing holiday rituals transforms our homes, over time, from structures of wood, concrete and metal, to dwellings of memories and meaning.

I stumbled upon this definition of home recently. It is a definition of "home" that so many of us have found in the form of this community.

"What is home? It is a place where one is free from attack, a place where one experiences secure relationships and affirmation. It's a place where people share and understand each other. Its relationships are nurturing. The people in it do not need to be perfect; instead, they need to be honest, loving, supportive, recognizing a common humanity that makes all of us vulnerable.” ~ Gladys Hunt

This holiday season, MHT gives thanks to the commitment and vision of the Methow community that makes this valley a true home for so many of us. To the first 8 families in the Methow Housing Trust family of homeowners... may your dwellings be filled with a sense of home this holiday season! ~ Danica Ready, Executive Director