Have been living in the UK for nearly 15 years now. Moved here from Oz in my early 20s, got married and now have 2 young children. I think I am finally starting to process the enormity of being so far from home. Parents and close family are all well and healthy but obviously getting older. I feel anxious about the prospect of a middle of the night phone call. Starting to realise that it is highly likely I will be attending my parents funerals/ hospital beds by myself (ie without support of DH).
Always been relatively happy in UK but feel like I have been here so long that any move would be huge. Also as much as DH says he would move to Oz, it is clearly not going to happen without a big push.
Just rambling really and I guess I am kind of grieving now for all the things I have missed with family and all the hard times that will lie ahead. Realistically I am going to have several flights home in tears over the next 20 years or so. 5 siblings too. Closed to them all.
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missinghome123 · 13/10/2017 23:29
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