According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, to expatriate is to “send into exile,” and an expatriate is someone that “takes up residence in a foreign country.” I wonder whether someone who is not able to be home for the holidays feels exiled. Find out how to overcome feelings of homesickness from spending holidays away from home.
Written for ACS International Schools Winter 2009 newsletter by Anne Dean, GMS, Director of Editorial Services, Living Abroad.
