Missing Home
Posted by Ling on February 17, 2011
My parents came, saw and conquered Melbourne in one week. Now they are in Hong Kong for a few days before heading back to Scotland. Friends keep asking why they stayed for such a short while. This is actually a LONG holiday for them. They need to go back as they have a business to run and younger kids to take care of. In fact, they land in UK in the morning and then they start work in a few hours on the same day – crazy or what?
Anyway, I am feeling depressed and uninspired so I apologise for lack of blogs. I miss my parents like a LOT! Had this moment when I realised how much my Dad had aged since I last saw him – which was only in November!! Yes, he had aged significantly over 3 months! I feel extremely sad that I am so far away from them. Damn, third day of tears…I am a crybaby!
After saying bye to them at the airport, I was crying…and sobbed out this to the Husband, “I wanna go home!” He said, “Yes, we are going home. This is your home now!” And it made me cry even more!!! I meant my home HOME!! If only I could move all my close family members and close friends to Australia…
Chrissie L said,
awww, i hope you feel better soon! we don’t realise how much we miss our parents until we are away from them for a really long time – i’ll hopefully be moving to hong kong this june for real so im sure i’ll feel the same as you do!
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Ling Tung Reply:
February 18th, 2011 at 8:45 pm
@Chrissie L, Awww, thanks! And how exciting but also scary about moving to Hong Kong. All the best and hopefully, you won’t get too homesick.
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KW said,
Yes, one will feel nostalgic especially your close
ones leave U. U indeed something is empty in U. Anyway overtime u will be able to overcome & life will be normal. Think u should feel better now! Cheer up
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Ling Tung Reply:
February 20th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
@KW, Hi KW, thanks for your insightful comment and I agree that over time, I will start to adapt to my new life in Australia.
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A said,
Awww…poor you, I know how you’re feeling, Ling. I was the same when I first came over to Glasgow in 2003 after I got married. Even after being here for 8 yrs now and having kids too, the feeling that your family is not close by anymore is still there. Guess that’s the price or sacrifice I had to give for marrying someone living overseas. It’s even harder if you’ve been brought up in a close knit family. Once you start having a family, things will hopefully change, although Aaron always reminds me that I should think of our family as my family now – parents & sisters as extended. Not so easy esp.since they’ve been my family for 26 years and I’ve only been married for 8.
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Ling Tung Reply:
March 3rd, 2011 at 5:38 pm
@A, Hi A, thanks for sharing your story too. And boy oh boy, it’s so painful to be apart from family isn’t it? I think it’s because we’ve become so accustomed to our usual lifestyle and being homebodies, we are highly dependent on being around family members…and now we’re not!!!
I guess it’s true…once you start your own family, the dynamics can change…but I don’t think I will ever stop being homesick or have cravings for a particular food.
As long as our husbands treat us right, it’s worth it, right?
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