"home" is a relative term. i have come to realize that more and more. my mom often talks about "it's not home anymore", for where we live, the Bronx (where she grew up), & where her mom has lived for years. it's quite odd how we call "home" a home...huh? i say wherever my mom is when she's supportive, funny, & happy is home for me. sam considers it, i believe, several times to be where his brother, father, mother, & sister are. remember he said that "i am home al" when he was 16, "i know al, she's all right, she's going home" (evie the model/one strobe over the line), etc. that's what led me to believe that sam perhaps died, then that's why i cry over it, then i come to my senses and believe "home" for sam is with his "first" family...and my dad & i are right...ql is all in his mind...that's the basis for my ql fan fic i am thinking about "righting write" (is that a good joke, i like it; weak attempt? honestly!)