@leilarfn: leaving home is one thing, coming back is another. u realize how much things change & u’re left with reconciling the idea of home in your head #immigrant #filipinoamerican #wordvomit #leavinghome
The key is to build multiple homes. Because it is really not the place, but the people / community you’re with that makes you feel “home”
2026-01-05 11:00:07
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chari :
yessss and every time i come back im confronted with the reality that it isn’t the home that i romanticised in my head
2026-01-05 09:32:08
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Hannah Dimacali-Abantao :
I went home (Pinas) last year. I realized how much I missed. How people, even family, has changed. How you may video call your family and friends frequently but still doesn’t have a full picture of how life is going for them. I tell them stories about my life here in the US and my people here, but they can only listen so much and I don’t even know if they can relate to me. It felt like we will no longer relate to each other when it comes to other stuff. I still felt home though. And when I came back here in the US I felt home too. So yeah, I have 2 homes now. 😅
2026-01-31 06:08:42
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Maria Bart :
This is so real. When I went home, it felt like I was an outsider looking in- not a stranger, but not fully feeling like I belong.
2026-02-02 19:59:25
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Ada Angeli :
It’s soooo difficult but I’m trying to get my spark back. ✨
2026-01-06 18:19:19
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Shadz :
I went back to Cebu 2023 after being gone for 13 years. I barely know my way around anymore since there are a lot of tall condo buildings around and the ridiculous traffic cuz it seems everyone and their mothers could afford scooters and cars 😭😭😭
and what the hell, airconed jeepneys?!
I felt like I belonged and didn't belong at the same time
2026-01-06 22:40:17
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_nicxmgn :
So true. I love my life here in OR. Philippines is home for me because my family is there. It’s not the food, the vibe. It’s having dinner with everyone enjoying my lola’s cooking.
2026-01-05 04:17:36
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Pauline :
Yup. It keeps being a let down every year. 😭
2026-01-05 10:30:47
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Jonathan san juan :
ugh super relate!!! 😭
2026-01-08 17:53:53
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aci :
Sadly, whenever you come home, you’d always somehow realize why you left in the first place😔
2026-01-08 11:23:50
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ig: itshazelsab ✨ :
The thing about moving out of the country is you will never be fully home anymore🥺 pag uwi sa Pinas sobrang felt home but not ready to go home for good cause I also love my life in Canada 😭
2026-01-06 17:55:48
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Trishi :
So true 🥺
2026-01-05 03:14:57
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gwndllyn :
ahhh yesss this is why i am kinda afraid of the concept of going home but the yearining of it is crazy also. its been 5 years hayyyyy hopefully ill be ready sooon 😩✨
2026-01-06 05:53:07
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Jessica :
I feel the same way whenever I come home. I also realized that I have grown so much that sometimes it feels like everything has changed
2026-01-05 03:48:39
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sof :
so true! also the realization that i have changed and grown so much 😭
2026-01-05 14:46:57
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Amalia Gonzalez :
So true!!! Now home for me is here sa America
2026-01-05 03:53:28
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mamajudai :
Ramdam kita girl! Every single word you said, sapul! Ganun!
2026-02-18 05:12:53
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Auie :
6 months here in the US and I miss home every single day. I spent 10 years in Dubai, but homesickness here hits differently. Still grateful to be here… Some days are just really hard lang talaga… missing home hits different.🥹
2026-01-07 00:13:18
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CeeJay | FIight Attendant•RPm :
hardest part is saying goodbye to your home even if the other one is waiting 🥺
2026-01-07 20:10:11
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Mae :
I I have a different tape for this for somebody who has been away for 60 years and recently came home around January of this year about like it’s more of I had a different environment now and that changed a lot in terms of mindset perspective in life and so I think nothing really has changed back home, but I changed a lot away from home so going back home felt like I just became a better person than I used to
2026-02-25 17:58:29
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regiena.mae.art :
you got it 🥺
2026-02-03 21:40:33
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Vince :
Totoo ‘to!
2026-01-21 17:25:35
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fejiwap :
Hm
2026-02-05 20:07:49
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jan :
me right now ☹️
2026-01-05 11:26:54
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