Homesick

Thoughts as recorded on August 19, 2007

 

A friend asked me the other day how I was doing. I told her I feel like a little girl who has gone off to camp for the first time….homesick.

I’ve made some significant moves in my life (from Utah to Taiwan, from Taiwan to DC) and I know that with time I will come to love Arizona, but right now, in this first week I MISS DC and all my friends there. I have had times when I want to cry cause of the pain in my heart. I made such wonderful friends in DC. Any loss is hard, even if you make the choice that causes the pain. I feel a longing for the people and place I love so much…I am homesick.

 

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source home·sick       /ˈhoʊmˌsɪk/ Pronunciation KeyShow Spelled Pronunciation[hohm-sik] Pronunciation KeyShow IPA Pronunciation

–adjective

sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.

 

[Origin: 1790–1800; home + sick1 ]

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