“I always think that Christmas is a bit like an emotional magnifying glass. If you feel loved and happy, Christmas will make you feel even happier and more loved. But if you feel lonely or unloved, the magnifier gets to work and makes all those bad things feel bigger and worse.”
I'm not sure what triggered it, but a couple of months ago I remembered the feeling of homesickness when we first arrived here in New Zealand. Back then I had to take two bus rides to get to work. The winding roads and greenery reminded me so much of my hometown that I would wish that just around the bend would be the familiar Camp John Hay gate and I would be off to Session Road, and to my home.
Based on stories shared by other migrants online, I'm not alone. Carry on we must! It's for our family that we forego our personal needs. Yes, there are many things we have missed out on especially with our extended family, but this is the life we have chosen for ourselves and we just have to make the best of it!
When this feeling resurfaced, I knew the warning sign
