I've been here in the UK nearly seven months now. I'm definitely not having any regrets, and I'm still really happy to be here with my husband. Lately, though, I've been thinking about my family back home in America. I'm not majorly homesick, but I've been thinking about them quite a lot. I know it's possible to go and see them, that's what is keeping me from feeling too homesick. I've been thinking about all of them, particularly my mom, stepdad, granny, and dad. What I've been thinking about the most though, is my dad. My dad lived in a different state from me growing up, so I rarely got to see him. I have to admit, I feel a sort of regret for not being there in his life. I did get to see him during summers and occasional Christmas breaks, but that wasn't enough I feel. I was pretty close to my dad, but since he was in another state, I did not get to see him much. And right now I'm wishing I had gotten a chance to see him more before I came to the UK. He was there for my wedding in May, but that was only a day. I wish I could've had more days to spend with him. I would definitely love to see him when I go back to the states, but I do not want to not see mom either. I doubt he'll see this, but if he does at some point, I just want to apologise, Dad. I wish we'd gotten to see each other more often. I'm really missing you right now :( I wish I could've visited you a lot more growing up. Now that I'm in another country, it makes it even harder to find a chance to get to see you. I would love to see you again, though. My worst fear is that I won't get the chance to see him, and then before I know it, I lose him. I'm sorry, I'm just wishing I had the opportunity to have him be involved in my life a lot more...
I needed to get this out there, though. Not just to express my feelings, or to highlight on the potential homesickness, but to hopefully serve as a reminder to other people: spend as much time as you can with your dads. You never know when they're going to leave your life. Especially if you are in an expat situation like I am. Spend as much time with your family as you can. Don't leave your respective country with any sort of emptiness regarding your family. Make sure you get closure. Because once you move to another country, seeing your family becomes more difficult. Jobs keep adults busy, so they don't get much time to see their families. But if they're in another country, that just makes more loopholes for us to hop through - namely through the inevitably expensive flight prices. But I know one thing: if I had the ability, I would have gone to visit him a lot more. There was nothing I could've done, though, unfortunately. I'd had school or college to keep me busy. I didn't have a license, so I couldn't have gone to see him whenever I wanted. But if I could have....I would have. I love you, Dad.
How fitting, too, I just realised Father's Day is coming up this month. This wasn't even my intention.
I'm just going to leave this here...it's a fitting song to how I feel:
I needed to get this out there, though. Not just to express my feelings, or to highlight on the potential homesickness, but to hopefully serve as a reminder to other people: spend as much time as you can with your dads. You never know when they're going to leave your life. Especially if you are in an expat situation like I am. Spend as much time with your family as you can. Don't leave your respective country with any sort of emptiness regarding your family. Make sure you get closure. Because once you move to another country, seeing your family becomes more difficult. Jobs keep adults busy, so they don't get much time to see their families. But if they're in another country, that just makes more loopholes for us to hop through - namely through the inevitably expensive flight prices. But I know one thing: if I had the ability, I would have gone to visit him a lot more. There was nothing I could've done, though, unfortunately. I'd had school or college to keep me busy. I didn't have a license, so I couldn't have gone to see him whenever I wanted. But if I could have....I would have. I love you, Dad.
How fitting, too, I just realised Father's Day is coming up this month. This wasn't even my intention.
I'm just going to leave this here...it's a fitting song to how I feel:
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