Why have we moved back to our home country?
Our daughter Lena spoke to her English friend last night and I overheard a small part of the conversation: Friend: - I wish you were here at school with us, why did you have to go to Poland? Lena (without any hesitation): - Because I used to live here and I wanted to come back. Because my family is here. Simple, eh? I wish it was so simple for us adults! *** Why did we move back to Poland after five years of living in England? We enjoyed our life in Liverpool, treated it as home and put down roots there. We never considered or discussed going back to Poland, it didn’t seem like an interesting option for us. We’re also not in love with our home country and were never one of these emigrants who think the grass is greener, the sun is warmer, and people are nicer in their home country. Or one of these emigrants, who are in Britain only for ‘a moment’ and dream every day of going back ‘home’. Never. And yet – we suddenly moved back to Poland. If ...