Yesterday I had a lovely catch-up with a friend of mine.
It was a much overdue chat, and we spoke about the last six months or so and had a general catch up on what has been going on in each others lives.
We have similar lives, we both live abroad, we are both in our thirties, we are both single after long term relationships and I was so surprised to discover that we have both spun through the same wheel of emotion within the last six months. It was reassuring to know that I am not the only one that it has happened to and I think she felt the same way. I feel like our conversation warrants a blog of its own.
Let me share.
It is difficult living away from your motherland.
It doesn't matter if you are in Guernsey or Ghana, you can feel a million miles away from life sometimes.
A loneliness can hit that is really difficult to shake.
A lack of belonging can consume you.
Sometimes all you want is a hug, but there is literally no one around/in the city to give one.
That feeling of being l…
It was a much overdue chat, and we spoke about the last six months or so and had a general catch up on what has been going on in each others lives.
We have similar lives, we both live abroad, we are both in our thirties, we are both single after long term relationships and I was so surprised to discover that we have both spun through the same wheel of emotion within the last six months. It was reassuring to know that I am not the only one that it has happened to and I think she felt the same way. I feel like our conversation warrants a blog of its own.
Let me share.
It is difficult living away from your motherland.
It doesn't matter if you are in Guernsey or Ghana, you can feel a million miles away from life sometimes.
A loneliness can hit that is really difficult to shake.
A lack of belonging can consume you.
Sometimes all you want is a hug, but there is literally no one around/in the city to give one.
That feeling of being l…