Hi fellow poms it's been a while. Thought I'd let you know where we're at. Last time I posted on here I was in a bad place desperate to home again. In fact it was the worst bout of homesickness I'd had. After much thought and reflection we came to the decision to stay, one because of finances we just wasn't in the position to just go. We had car loans, card ect. It's been tge best decision we made, we came out of the homesickness and actually feel the most settled we've been since getting here. The homesickness will always be there, but it dose get easier. The only way I can compare it is to losing someone you love it's a grieving process. There's days when you just don't know how to get through the day. Then the next it gets that little bit easier. So for all of you thinking of dropping everything and going home. Think long and hard make sure it's not an emotional decision, make sure it's what's best for you as a family. And that it's not the emotional tie that's pulling you back. I know from our one trip home since arriving here we changed but everyone around us still did the same old things, same jobs same old. We had moved on with our lives in a big way looked at things differently had a new positive outlook of live, and what we wanted from our lives. Good luck to the ones who go home, if your thinking about it make sure your going back for the right reasons. It's not for everyone.