The problem is this notion of home. The word suggests a place and a life all set up and waiting for us; all we have to o is move in. But home isn't merely a place we inhabit; it's a lifestyle we construc (wherever we go), a pattern of routines, habits, and behaviors as sociated with certain people, places, and objects all confined to a limited area or neighborhood. We can certainly construct a home back in our culture, just as we did abroad, but thre won't be one waiting for us when we arrive...
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