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Home visits - reconnecting can be bitter-sweet
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Build a Flourishing Life, Return Home or Move On on Friday, October 21, 2011 at 3:02PM by Trisha Carter
Build a Flourishing Life, Return Home or Move On on Friday, October 21, 2011 at 3:02PM by Trisha Carter Recently I went home.
I’ve lived here in Sydney for almost 15 years and it is my home now, but my old home is in New Zealand where my family and early memories live. Where I fell in love, got married and had my first baby. Pleasant Point, Timaru, Christchurch and Wellington all say “you’re home” to me whenever I come back to them.
It was a great holiday full of family, fun, food and rugby. And leaving at the end was sad.
For many expats or migrants home visits can be a bitter sweet experience.
The desire to reconnect with a long list of people, loved family members, special old friends and business colleagues can mean