Growing up, we all inevitably leave our hometowns to build our own lives and careers. The feeling of having to leave our beloved family, with whom we spent our childhood, is something that can never be forgotten.
Below are some quotes to express the deep longing for home when living far away from it.
1 Captions for when you’re far from home and missing your family
1. The city has its charms, but my heart yearns for my hometown.
2. Living away from home, who do I turn to when I’m sick? Sometimes, the loneliness is overwhelming, and tears flow freely.
3. Mom and Dad, don’t worry about me. I’m doing fine in this new place. I have enough money, I eat well, sleep well, and have good friends.
4. Why look elsewhere? Home is where true peace lies.
5. Society is suffocating and overwhelming! I just want to go home, lie in my mother’s arms like a child, and stay that way forever.
6. I left my parents in the hopes of a better life, but it’s been a struggle.
7. No matter the challenges and hardships, just the mention of “home” brings a sense of calm and warmth.
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8. In the middle of the night, I wake up crying like a lost child. I reach for my phone and call home, sobbing like a baby.
9. Being independent is not easy, and growing up is even harder. The pressure of making a living can sometimes feel overwhelming.
10. I promised to visit home by the end of the year, but that promise has faded. I don’t have enough money, and work keeps me too busy. I’ve become a promise-breaker to my family.
11. To the world, we may be just another person, but to our family, we are the world.
12. Some days, just breathing is exhausting. The pressure of work and life is too much. I just want to go back to my loving family.
13. I’ve never regretted leaving home. Being away has made me realize the value of family and the importance of kinship.
14. I miss home in the midst of this chaotic life in a foreign land. I miss the family gatherings, my parents, and the warmth of our meals together. I swallow my tears and carry on.
15. In a foreign land, hearing someone speak in your native tongue is heartwarming and endearing.
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16. I’ve endured emotional wounds, and now I long to return to my beloved home, to my parents and siblings. Society is suffocating and overwhelming! I just want to be a child again, lying in my mother’s arms.
17. I pretend to be strong, but the truth is, I miss home. I have to be strong because the time to go home is near.
18. I miss home, I miss my parents, and I miss our warm family meals. These simple things seem like luxuries to me now.
19. Mom, the world is so big, and I feel so alone. I miss your home-cooked meals and the feeling of having my family together.
20. I’m spending Tet away from home. Thinking about it makes me want to cry, but I have to earn a living. Please wait for me, Mom and Dad.
21. True happiness is simple: it’s sitting down to a meal with your parents and seeing the smiles on your family’s faces.
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22. Every year I spend away from home, I see more gray hairs on my mother’s head and more wrinkles on my father’s face. It breaks my heart.
23. We may have thousands of places to go, but there’s only one place to return to—our family.
24. Living away from home teaches us to appreciate our family, our parents, and our siblings. These simple things are what truly matter.
25. Money and possessions are worthless compared to family. No matter where we roam, we long to go home, to our beloved homeland. Home is where happiness resides.
26. The path to independence is challenging, and to grow up, we must first overcome our homesickness.
27. Mom, the food here is nothing like your delicious cooking.
28. Every time I come home, I want to stay forever, never leaving this place again.
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2 STT, quotes about missing home and wanting to return
1. Living away from home is a challenge, isn’t it? It teaches us many things. We learn that we leave home to grow and become more mature.
2. When we’re away, we learn to cherish our fellow countrymen and the friendship of our peers. Only when we’re far away do we truly appreciate the happiness of hearing a familiar accent and the warmth of friends when family is not around.
3. For a better life, I had to leave my family, my loved ones, and my friends. In a foreign land, I long for home.
4. Sometimes, I feel scared and want to cry out loud. I feel lost and alone in this bustling city, without my parents by my side. All I have are new friends, and everything else feels so foreign.
5. After experiencing heartbreaks, all I want now is to go back home to my parents.
6. I want to go home, to gain strength and courage, so I can run even farther.
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7. Challenges and difficulties lie ahead, but our family is always there to support us.
8. Living away from home teaches us to appreciate our family, our parents, and our siblings. These simple things are what truly matter.
9. If someone asks me where I want to travel the most, I can confidently answer, “Home.” It’s been so long since I’ve been there.
10. Living away from home, I’ve learned to pick myself up after every fall. Because if I don’t, no one else will. They’ll only laugh at me.
11. I promised to visit home by the end of the year, but that promise has faded. I don’t have enough money, and work keeps me too busy. I’ve become a promise-breaker to my family.
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12. I miss the familiar village roads, the banyan tree, the well, and the communal house. I miss seeing my mother cooking in the kitchen and my father tending to the garden. I truly miss home, Mom and Dad.
13. Living away from home, there are times when I eat alone, and tears well up in my eyes.
14. In the middle of the night, I wake up crying like a lost child. I reach for my phone and call home, sobbing like a baby.
15. Money and possessions are worthless compared to family. No matter where we roam, we long to go home.
16. I trade my youth for journeys to far-off places, only to return and appreciate my family more than ever.
17. I miss the unconditional love, the way my parents help me with my troubles, and how they clean up the mess I make. No matter what, they always speak gently to me, saying, “Come home, child. Don’t go anywhere else. If you don’t have money, people won’t respect you.”
18. Home is a place we eagerly anticipate returning to, and when it’s time to leave, we’re always reluctant to go.
19. No matter how many difficulties and setbacks I face in life, coming home brings me peace.
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3 Status updates for when you’re feeling lonely and sick while away from home
1. Living away from home, every time I feel tired, sad, or disappointed, I have to take care of myself, eat, and keep going. My mother has sacrificed so much for me, and I must be strong for her.
2. When I was younger, I used to lie to my mother so I could go out and play with my friends. Now that I’m older, when my friends invite me out, I make excuses because I’d rather stay home. After all the exhaustion of life, I just want to go back to my mother, like when I was a child.
3. When I was young, did I ever think that one day I would give up all my habits and no longer have anyone to protect me or cook for me every day? But it’s okay, because my homesickness gives me the motivation to improve myself.
Status updates for when you’re feeling lonely and sick while away from home
4. Mom, living away from home has made me realize that there’s no place like it! I feel small, lost, and alone here. People are too busy with their lives, their jobs, their entertainment, and their pursuit of success. I’m scared, Mom. Here, people are quick to say, “I’m busy,” unlike at home, where you never told us you were too busy for us. Mom, I want to go back home.
5. Mom, the world is so big, and I feel so alone. I miss your home-cooked meals and the feeling of having my family together.
6. Mom, living away from home has made me realize that there’s no place like it! I feel small, lost, and alone here. People are too busy with their lives, their jobs, their entertainment, and their pursuit of success. I miss home, Mom.
4 Status updates for when you’re spending Tet away from home
1. I sobbed, my head on my desk, like a lost child who had just found her mother in the dark. I reached for my phone and called home, whispering, “Mom, now I understand. Tet is home.”
2. This year, I can’t be with my parents for Tet, and our family can’t gather to welcome the new year together. But my heart is always with them.
3. Mom, Dad, I can’t be with you this spring, and I have to work. But please don’t worry about me. I’m doing well, and I always think of you and our family.
4. Spring is here, and seeing other families gather fills me with longing. But what can I do? I’m far from home and my homeland.
5. Only when I’m away do I truly appreciate being at home, being with my family, and welcoming the new year with my parents. When I was close by, I didn’t cherish it enough.
6. That was the last train, and I wasn’t on it. Once again, I’ll be spending Tet away from home. I miss my family, Mom and Dad. I hope that, from afar, the best things will come to our family.
7. Again, I’ll be spending Tet away from home. I miss you so much, Mom and Dad. I hope that, from this distant place, the best things will come to our family.
Status updates for when you’re spending Tet away from home
8. I sobbed, my head on my desk, like a lost child who had just found her mother in the dark. I reached for my phone and called home, whispering, “Mom, now I understand. Tet is home.”
9. As I wander the streets, I hear spring songs and realize that Tet is near. Mom, I won’t be coming home this time.
10. That was the last train, and I wasn’t on it. Once again, I’ll be spending Tet away from home. I hope my parents are healthy, and that our family will be reunited soon.
These are status updates that express homesickness and the emotions of those building a life far from home. I wish you good health and a quick reunion with your beloved family!