Life in the New Zealand Countryside

• Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - Homesickness..... or 'Mumsickness'

I was reading Rosebee's blog yesterday, a fellow kiwi and it really made me realise how much I miss home. I tend to block it out and get on with life, but at times like that it really comes out. 'sniff sniff' I am happy here though... life is just great. I miss my family alot, especially my mum. She helped me so much during my preganancy and early days with Syam until we came here when he was 3 months olds. Good ol mum, she would come over and with out saying a word just put a load of washing on or do the dishes, while bleary eyed me still in bed with bubba could only say thanks.... How do you ever repay what your parents do for you? Its the kind of love that you cant put a price on ever. Mum and me arent even what I would call affectionate to each other but underneath, the love is there. Shes one of the only people that I can 100% relate too, and our lives are so much the same, I feel like Im following in her footsteps, well its not that so much, its just that we value the same things. We value being able to grow your own food, cooking from scratch and so many do-it-yourself talents. She gave me soo much incredible support when Syam had to undergo surgery and I had to pump my milk for 2 weeks (hes 13m/o btw and successfully breastfeeding!). Thinking about those times brings tears to my eyes. How much I love my mum. This is us in India together--------^ I miss my familiar country, people, attitudes and lifestyle. There are things I dont miss of course......like some of the ways here lol. Im too kiwi. In the area we live they are still quite backwards, and although some of that is good, like the oldies keeping gardens etc, but the view that wholesome foods are for the poor and farmers and refined foods are more upper class. Like bread, white bread for the upper class and dark wholewheat bread for the 'low class' farmers and such. Grrr. There are still many great things about being here though, one is the avaliability of healthy foods, like raw cheese, organics etc, which we didnt have access to where we lived in Nz. Its great also seeing how the other half live and 'getting out of you skin' so to speak. I guess you just make the best of what you get in life and make it work for you. I want to be gratefull with my lot, be happy with my little joys in life.

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