My wife sent me some pictures of it snowing back home at the time of writing this post. It was a beautiful site. The snow itself is not what made me think how much I missed home though. It was my wife waking up my son early because she could not wait to go out and play in the snow herself. It was my son smiling, hardly able to move with layers of winter clothing on and start to cry because he could not manage walking in the snow with out face planting. It was the hot cocoa my wife made served cool so not to burn taste buds. Home sickness for me never derives from the bigger things in life that I think would be missed, it is the smaller things. The thoughts that flow through my mind on how I will never get this moment back and that all I can do is remember it. These are the things that can bring anyone down, other than lots of practice why am I still standing tall?
It is always hard to be away from your companion. The best ways I find to deal with being so far apart is communicate. Always talk, talk about your day, emotions, or just the bills. Technology now a days will allow you to communicate with anyone in the world like if you are in the next room. If you continue communicating like you never left and stay honest, it will make things much easier. You will still feel like crap since you are not there to give your significant other a kiss good-bye before work or romp around the living room like children for fun. Communication will keep the heart beating strong in your relationship.
Looking at the bigger picture is a big motivator for doing what I do. It is not easy to show pride and initiative in your work if you are homesick. If you put meaning behind it will give you some more fuel to keep pushing for success. What means more to me than being there with my wife is that her and my son have food to eat and my unborn child will have as much medical as he/she needs. That is my motivator, what is yours?
There are many more small ways that can help you find your way to successfully maintaining a long distance relationship with minimal set backs. You just have to find what makes your relationship tick while distance is in there. These two ways to dealing with being away from home I think is the most important factors above anything else. What do you think is important, how do you manage this kind of situation?
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