It took me 11 years to repatriate back to the US. 11 gloriously wonderful years I had the pleasure of living abroad, making one of my dreams come true but which were also terribly lonely years. I struggled to make friends with Germans, suffered from severe homesickness but was always quickly forgotten with each trip booked. 11 tortuous years constantly debating, “Should we stay or should we go?” as my heart was torn between two countries. Well, December 2023 we finally made the move back to the US, and now I can say, for many reasons, it was the right decision. 

So, you’re time living abroad is coming to an end and you’ll be returning home. Whether you loved every minute of living abroad or if there were a lot of ups and downs, you’ll want to take the final days and weeks to soak up the last moments, take a mental picture to remember it all. Living abroad changes you and challenges you, so taking the time to reflect as well as the time to soak up the final moments is essential to closing a chapter in your life.