Who here live far away from their home?

i have been living far from home for almost two years now.my family is in the province while im working here in Manila.I dont get the chance to go home and stay there because most of the times i am pretty occupied with my work.I usually go to the office even SAturdays and Sundays to do overtime works.I miss them a lot,specially my lovely iece who just turned one and is now the appple of the eye of everybody at home.These coming All Soul's Day i will be spending more time with them.

Hi CJay, I've been reading some of the posts here and now I don't feel like I'm alone. I live 7 hours from all my family and friends. My husband got a new job and we thought it would be great, but I so miss my family and especially my 4 year old grandson. I do hope soon we'll move home. I moved from Indianapolis to Memphis and really want to move back. Well take care and happiness to all! Memphis Mimi

I live in my home country....but not my home state. But this doesn't feel like home. I'm not sure if it's because I've lived in Kuwait most of my life.....but I do feel at home when I go to my hometown (though I've lived there for very few years of my life). I don't know why that is so...maybe because most of my extended family lives there and I'm comfortable moving around without much help. My parents live in Africa....so it's definitely not my family alone that I miss. I can relate to how you feel even though I am living in my home country.

CJay It feels sad indeed. MIssing our family, home, food.. However, I have been lucky not t be outside my hometown. My sisters are and then feel terrible low sometimes. Luckily in modern day of connectivity they can always talk with parents but still things arent the same. Cjay, I am sure you will get to see your people soon and with all that love around you you just cannot be sad, can you?

I could never move away from home I am a chicken lol. I would be so home sick.

Hi CJay,I stay away far from my home too due to my job.I miss my family so much,at times I even feel like crying but I got no option but to work here.Back at my home town we don't have good jobs, nor they can effort to pay you good salary,so I am stuck up here away from my loved ones.

I live in Florida now, but I grew up in a small town in Georgia. I am about 500 miles from home. I miss my family most of all. I miss the rural lifestyle as well. I live in a city now. It has its advantages, but I would much rather live out in the country. Living here is OK, because this is where my wife is from. I would probably move back home if I had the chance, though.

I am away from my home country from last 8 years. I really miss my country and my family. But nothing can be done. I miss the food my mom used to cook. I miss the festivals. I miss my childhood days a lot. But now everything has changed so much in my country. Its hard to find the environment I had during my childhood days. So some times it makes me feel sad too. But change is the necessisty of life. We have to accept it. But whatever be it I love my country and miss it lots.

I think only the wearer know where the shoe pinches. Only those away from home/country can realize the comforts of home and value and importance of the home food. I have been for a longer period away from my home town and when I reached back after staying over years I find my self in a different situation and feel comfortable at my own home.

22 years of my life, i have never been away from home. how i wish i were.lol. it's not that i want to get away from my family. it's only that i also want to experience what it's like to be away from home and somehow put my freedom and independence to use. hopefully,when i get to find a job overseas,then i might be able to do that. happy mylotting!

i am from india ,right from my childhood i used to stay away from my parents and studied in hostels... now i am doing my job in another city and now alsoi miss my parents... i visit my home once in 6 months or one a year. I too miss my mothers home made food