HOMESICK

COLLEGE
Being Motherless in College
By FlockU, Contributor
College is 4-ish years of living the dream and FlockU is along...
To the motherless in college or anywhere, really: You're dealing with a heavy load of shit each and every day; and I get how you feel. Just remember that you're never alone, and someone else out there is feeling the same way you are.
COLLEGE
The Things You Should--and Shouldn't--Tell Your Parents in College
By FlockU, Contributor
College is 4-ish years of living the dream and FlockU is along...
Whether you decided to go to college 15 minutes or 15 hours from home, your relationship with your parents is going to change. So sometimes it can be hard to decipher what you should and should not tell your parental units.
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POST 50
The 13 Care Package Items Every College Kid Would Love
By Yagana Shah
  Nostalgia could work well for a homesick student. 10. "Magazines." -- Melissa Wagner Bigelow Or any other reading material
RELIGION
A Homesick God
By Tara Woodard-Lehman, Contributor
PCUSA Minister, American Expat, Mom, Home-Maker
Scripture often describes a God who is in a state of sort of cosmic, perpetual homesickness, forever longing to abide in the hearts and lives of people.
COLLEGE
25 Things First-Year College Students Should Never Do
By Harlan Cohen, Contributor
Founder of www.NakedRoommateBootCamp.com (online coaching prog...
Physically your body is on campus, but emotionally you're connected to friends, family, long distance partners, and strangers off campus. Use technology to meet new people on campus, not to hide from them.
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POST 50
5 Things Parents Can Do To Help Their Homesick College Students
By Yagana Shah
The "best four years of your life" can have a bumpy start.
TRAVEL
Tips for Living with a Host Family
By College Tourist, Contributor
A Leading Study Abroad Blog, brought to you by students who tr...
Get to know their family. Though our apartment was only my semi-elderly host mom, Isabel, and her grown daughter, Isa, I
WELLNESS
Hiraeth Part II: Holiday Homesickness
By A.J. Condeelis, Contributor
Writer, researcher, collector of oddities and "tourist" wherev...
hiraeth ￂﾠ (n.) a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning
WELLNESS
Hiraeth Part I: Holiday Homesickness
By A.J. Condeelis, Contributor
Writer, researcher, collector of oddities and "tourist" wherev...
I am like a child again. Rather quickly thrown back into a primal state. I know it is ridiculous and not rational, but the
CHICAGO
10 Things An Out-of-State Student From Chicago Experiences
By Breana Brill , Contributor
Not your average lazy college student, unless it's a weekday o...
Being from out-of-state can be rough, especially if you're from one of the best cities in the world. Don't get me wrong, I love college, but I also love my hometown.
PARENTING
25 Ways to Keep the Summer Camp Dream Alive for Your Kids This Fall
By Jenny Isenman, Contributor
Jenny From the Blog at TheSuburbanJungle.com - Humorist - Gen ...
Start by taking all of their electronics and tech items. If they want to text a friend, they'll have to write a letter. They'll complain a little, but deep down, they love to be disconnected.
COLLEGE
The International Student Plight
By Mikaela Reyes, Contributor
Aspiring tech entrepreneur, student at Wesleyan University
As an international student, it was hard to relate to people who didn't understand the setting I came from. I'd sometimes find myself using a word from my language that didn't have a direct translation in English. Or feeling the need to reference something from back home.
TEEN
How To Deal With Homesickness Your Freshman Year
By Taylor Trudon
WELLNESS
Separation Anxiety: On Feeling Homesick
By Dr. Debbie Magids, Contributor
Psychologist
Figure out what's going on for you when you're feeling off and do your best to release it. Always make sure you're not the one sabotaging what you want out of life.
PARENTING
Camp Phone Calls Could End A Marriage
By Jenny Isenman, Contributor
Jenny From the Blog at TheSuburbanJungle.com - Humorist - Gen ...
It's sleepaway camp season and everyone is getting their calls from the kiddos. I've found a pattern: I desperately want to strangle my husband after each call.
WELLNESS
Notes of an Ex-Pat 3: Are You Lonesome Tonight?
By W. Hunter Roberts, Contributor
Spiritual Pundit and Teacher
What is home, anyhow? I was lonesome for Europe for 30 years after returning to the States. Finally I am back here. Sometimes it's hard, but sometimes it's glorious. What does it matter when or where we die?