away from home!

they always say that one of the most difficult things to do in life is to leave our families - especially our parents, brothers and sisters, and even our close neighbours and friends ...maybe it is true to some extent, but honestly at my age,  it does not bothers me anymore!

i left my  hometown after finishing from high school to pursue a higher education... and being an achiever i was to able to finish my degrees ( 4 degrees to date, huhhuh...) with flying colors... being away from home was not easy especially if you are living with close relatives... fortunately, i surpassed all the tests, so im here again so far away from home!

i felt at the early age that i was destined to travel - roaming around the globe! and being away from home is easy i suppose if you started earning at the early age and living alone... i dont say that i dont miss my family, especially my Tatay and Nanay, my brothers and sisters, and of course my grandmother, and the sisters and brothers of my parents (im quite close to them)... whoaaa... a big big family... and i forgot to include my 14 nephews and nieces.... it is just that im already trained myself to be more independent through the years of my life from the time i got my first job...

i do care for my family and i will always be there for them no matter what will happen... it is only that im away from home, to live my life to the fullest... i think about them, what they are doing now, what they feel of not seeing me again for another 2 or 3 years! or maybe just one year... im saving money now for my short visit to my hometown this year-2006!

being away from home is my choice... a choice that brings joy to my heart... im not saying that my family is not my joy of my life... my family is the root of my happiness... they are the reason why im always away from home...

Comments

[Lina]

Life is full of choices. And I think you did a right choice for being away from family in order to pursue what is important for you to be the better you.

I also had the similar journey. Leaving my parent's house after high school and eversince I have been pursuing my dream of being a more independent Lina. Sometimes I miss my family a lot but I can't enjoy more than a week to have a holiday in my little hometown. May be this is a sign of a more self reliant person in me.