I've been out of the country for three years. Now that I'm back in the U.S., I keep receiving this greeting: "Welcome Home!". It's strange. I really don't feel like I'm home. Home has changed for me. After three years of living in Changchun, China, it now feels more like my home than western Pennsylvania or eastern Ohio.
In so many ways I feel like a stranger now in my home country. The culture has moved on without me. I've acclimated to a new culture. I feel lost.
Friends who have lived abroad tell me that I'll get over this. In my heart I know that I will - in time. But for right now, I'd really like to board a plane and go home!
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