Thoughts and Notes on Essay 1

I'm writing about home, a topic that I've certainly written about before, but I feel like it is going to be something I can talk in depth about and hopefully something interesting and something with more of a point than just describing my house. The main point that I want to convey is the idea of home as a place that I love, but can't be my destination at this point. It's more something that I need to get away from for now. I'm trying to find a way to express this, though, in a way that isn't so cliche as it sounds. I've used snippets from an essay in which I was told to describe my house, but I'm expanding into something more than just a description. I'm also trying to think of other possible topics that I could transform this into from the draft because I don't know if my topic is going to be too vague. I don't have any very concrete ideas just yet. I feel like maybe I should pick one anecdote to expand on from childhood or something that has "shaped" me, but, again, it sounds so trite. I also need to find a vehicle through which to tell this story. I always think of the movie "Atonement" when I think of that sort of thing. Obviously film is a totally different medium, but I loved how the story was told focusing so much on sounds (typewriter, paper rustling, shoes on wood floors, etc). In other words, it's all about the angle I use, I suppose.