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Home sick…

July 2, 2009 by Tellie  
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When winter break and summer break rolls around, most college students go back to their hometown, filled with familiarity, filled with friends. I don’t. I never have. And sometimes I wonder if I ever will.

Two years ago on this very same day I started packing to move from a country that I like to call home.  Korea.

I found some old pictures of that day. Here is my life room being packed away. I am glad my parents decided to move to the US with me, but I’m sure they will be leaving to some other far off land soon enough.

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I remember all the fun I had

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All the friends I made

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I found this old English project while rummaging through my things a few months ago. How awesome it was to grow up as an expat. How awesome it was to live in such a vibrant culture.

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I’m not saying life isn’t great right now. It is!

It’s just that some days, I want to go home.

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  • Being homesick sucks! I hope you'll feel better soon!
    .-= Loys´s last blog ..I'm thankful =-.
  • Hi Tellie: I am really glad you decided to join in the Blog Hop because otherwise I probably would never have found your blog. Yep, most of the blogs do seem to be mommy ones, mine too I'll admit. But it's so nice to come across one not in the circle of blogs I normally read. I am especially interested in yours because you say you lived in Korea. Might I ask why and for how long? I'm curious because I was adopted from there when I was two and how no memories of my native country at all. So it was a nice surprise to see traditional Korean dresses in your post.
    .-= Katie´s last blog ..McLinky Weekly Blog Hop: Introductions =-.
  • Wow! I couldn't imagine the feeling of being born elsewhere and never visiting. I lived in Korea for 3 years due to my dad's job and graduated high school there. It really is a fantastic place and has changed a lot over the decades to a first world nation. Although there are plenty of things about Korea I'm not quite fond of, I really loved the place.

    Do you know your birth mother? I know of a few other people who were adopted from Korea, and none of which knows their birth mother. I use to volunteer in a Korean orphanage so I know a little about Korea and adoption. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. I'll be more than happy to exchange emails :)
  • PJ
    i can very much relate to this. i think if i didn't move so far away from my kids i wouldn't get so homesick. i never dreamed it would be this hard. i am going back in november for the birth of my first grandbaby so i do have something to look forward to.
    .-= PJ´s last blog ..Oils for Wellness Giveaway =-.
  • I know how you feel. I was born and raised in the Continental US. I spent two years in Hawaii. I just feel a bond but know I will never go back.
    .-= Grampy´s last blog ..Maya’s Fishing trip =-.
  • Wow, I definitely identify with this so much! Great pics, by the way.
    .-= Katy´s last blog ..How to become one of my favorites (…if you’re a book/movie) =-.
  • Sometimes I get home sick or maybe it is just in my head... haha but being home sick is no fun. I hope you feel better. Sometimes it is good to be that way and sometimes it isn't because you are accustomed to being at other cities and places where you once lived.
  • sorry to hear about feeling homesick Tellie. It must be both fun and also challenging to be an expat, having to move from one home to another and now not having a place to call your hometown. when I first moved here in US, i had many days and nights of crying too, missing home. Hope you feel better soon.
    .-= betchai´s last blog ..Manzanita Lake, Lassen Volcanic National Park =-.
  • I guess it's so different and can be pretty complicated for you...Moving to Asia, especially East Asia, things seem to be more restricted up there than here ( i live in south east Asia ). Feel better soon.
  • i love these pictures. what awesome memories. i think we all feel that sometimes we want to go home...even if that is just down the road from where we are now.
    .-= cher´s last blog ..i was just minding my own business.... =-.
  • My mom spent a month or so in Korea, and loved it!
  • Well, I've lived at the same place for as long as I've lived and I am longing for a change! I wish I could get out of Asia for a bit but that is really hard to do given the current financial situation of the world (!!). But seriously though, feeling homesick is terrible, hope you feel better soon.
    .-= Farah´s last blog ..Zzzz's =-.
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