I miss my homeland

I know how you feel this moment because I have been in your shoes. I have been away from my parents before for two years because of work and I missed our place too. But the big difference between the two of us is that you are confined in a more lively and comfortable place compared to the place where I was assigned. I was actually working in one of the government hospitals in Saudi Arabia. I am pretty sure you know how life is generally spent in this country. You are even luckier to be working in LA because I believe that there are a lot of our countrymen living there who you could be with. Social life is in your reach. Life's comfort is easily attained. Literally speaking, there is much freedom where you are now. As I see it, keeping in touch with your loved ones is not a hindrance at all. I know you could surpass this temporal feeling of solitude because of our technology. I know you can do it!

me too, i feel the way you feel when you far from your home espicially my family and parents.im 8 years from now live her in taiwan and i miss my mother and sister.and hope i can go home this years.

I can relate with you mbrown, and you will get used to it. I've been here in Thailand for six years now and I still miss the Philippines. Although life is not so much better at home but "Home is where the heart is and There's no place like home. These two things are always true. There are many things that I miss at home like the native cakes, my friends and family, halo-halo and the beautiful beaches. I was gonna go home this year but things didn't happen as planned. Hopefully I get to go home next year.

hey its my first time too!!!its really sad to be far away to your family but sometimes we have to make decisions for our own good. How i wish i can go home now too i miss my family back home in Davao City(PI).

I understand your feelings! because I am too! miss my home sweet home! I don't have parents anymore.But I miss my brothers and sisters! nephew's and nieces! of course all my loving friends their.

Go home then, you mom will be happy when you arrived.

I can't imagine being away from my mom for over a year. When will you get to go back? Is being away permanent or only temporary? Do the news stations where you grew up have websites? It would be somewhat comforting to be able to go to a website that was associated with your home, and see what was going on locally.

Hello mbrown81, my kababayan! I think its really hard working abroad far away from your family and hometown. I've never experienced it but have sisters who lives and work abroad. I could see whenever they come home for a vacation here in our country how much they misses us family and our place so much. Its a very very touchy moment specially when its time for them to again leave for abroad. The only comfort they have I think is on the internet where they could keep in touch with and also get news us to whats happening here in our country. There's also our local news channels website that you could checkout. Just be patient and keep yourself busy so you won't notice so much the time as it flies by. One day soon you'll be going back home and be with your family. Take care and goodluck.

Well here to hoping they invent a near flawless transporter/teleporter. Or for more realistic solutions, here to hoping they get flying, and maybe even worldwide rail going. I'm sorry you miss your mom and I know exactly how you feel. Make sure to keep in touch when you can. When you do get a chance to visit, make sure to treasure every single moment! If anyone reading this is at the same point, you do the same. If you are at a point where you will leave your mom within months, weeks or even days, make sure to make the final days before the parting really count. At least take them to heart. I might sound crazy but thats how I feel about it. Anyways, good luck to you Mbrown. I'm sure things like email, instant messaging, even teamspeak/ventrilo can help bridge the gap between you and your mother. Send plenty of pictures and ask her to do the same. Send a card too when you really feel down and want to get your mother's attention. And when you reach terra firma and see your mother in front of you, embrace like one of you was dying. Say I love you to her! Hold her tight, and hold her a little tighter on my behalf if you do not mind.