Homesickness Stories

College life. Love's chance to finally prove she can stand on her own. Freedom, independence-she's ready for all of it. So why, out of all possible things, did her parents think she needed a babysitter? Or; Love is a freshie. It's her first time being away from her parents. Milk is a sophomore. She's the babysitter Love's parents hired. this is a work of fiction. fiction ≠ reality cross-posted on AO3 @ yuwukiwi

A strict elite boarding school. Shared starched uniforms. Bonds forged in sweat, scent, and sisterhood. This story is designed for readers imagination and sensory experience as they read the story. Much effort has been put to allow readers to immerse into the experience Summary At Hwa Xiu Academy for Girls, twelve-year-old newcomers surrender their personal clothes and step into a world of heavily starched shared uniforms, random daily draws, graceful marching, and unrelenting discipline. What begins as shock and disgust slowly transforms into profound acceptance. Follow six girls - Wei Ling, Rebecca, Joyce, Tammy, Deborah, and Emily - as they navigate punishments, secret uniform circulation plans, Sunday homesickness, and the strange comfort of wearing each other's warmth. In the humid embrace of Singapore's most feared yet revered all-girls boarding school, hardship forges something unbreakable: a sisterhood deeper than blood. A heartfelt coming-of-age story about how strict rules and shared discomfort can create extraordinary women. © 2026. Curious Reverie. All Rights Reserved. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. No part of this story may be reproduced without permission from the author.

Where Home Learned My Name Linaty has never spent more than a few hours away from her twin sisters, Mira and Mina. The three of them have always shared everything: dreams, secrets, arguments, and plans for a future that would keep them together forever. Then, at seventeen, Lina's future is rewritten. Married to a man she barely knows and sent to a country thousands of miles from home, she finds herself surrounded by strangers, unfamiliar traditions, and a family she never asked for. Homesickness becomes her constant companion. So does Ibrahim, her quiet, frustrating husband whose dry humor and steady kindness make him impossible to hate and even harder to understand. As university classes, new friendships, family expectations, and old fears collide, Lina must learn that growing up sometimes means letting go of the future you imagined. And sometimes, the people who help you find your way home are the ones you never chose at all. A heartfelt story about sisters, family, belonging, and a love that grows slowly enough to last.

Daughters of Shared Pinafores Series To the outside world, Hwa Xiu Academy for Girls is a place of strict rules and whispered legends. But inside its walls lies a world that transforms ordinary girls into extraordinary women. This is the complete backbone of the academy itself - its elite legacy, the revolutionary shared uniform system, the raw sensory and psychological journey every girl endures, and the unbreakable sisterhood forged through starch, sweat, discipline, and shared scents. From the devastation of a new girl's first weeks wearing a blouse still heavy with another's warmth and scent, to the quiet pride of seniors who casually draw any uniform without hesitation. From the strange longing during the first six-month break, to the voluntary stay-backs where school feels more like home than home itself. Discover the soiled uniform cases, disciplinary periods, black sheep who struggle, the progressive transformation, and the deep conditioning that turns discomfort into profound belonging. This book serves as the official backbone for the entire Daughters of Shared Pinafores series. All stories in the series are built upon this foundation - the rules, routines, culture, and transformative power of Hwa Xiu Academy. #SharedUniform #StrictBoardingSchool #Sisterhood #SchoolLife #CharacterDevelopment #AllGirlsSchool #Transformation Successive chapters may be added over time to further complete the living picture of daily life at the school. Pictures and videos will be uploaded later to further enhance the immersive storybook experience.

I decided to translate something I wrote a while ago into French, and certain parts of it seem more poignant now. I will be living abroad in France and Russia for the next year and a half, and this poem speaks of the homesickness that I am sure to feel. It is also about the difficulty in self-expression, even in your own language, and how heightened that is when trying to communicate in a second language.

The scent of homesickness for somewhere that isn't home. © 2018, adriana

A short story about an exchange student's experience waiting for their friend at the hospital.

First off, have you ever thought about you as a loner? Or are you a loner yourself?Have you experienced rejection, homesickness or being ditched by someone? If yes, then try to read this small write up.

What happened after the war with the White Witch was over, the celebration ceased and reality hit?

A poem dedicated to anyone who left their homes trying to search for who they are and pursue something the love.

A chance encounter on the carpet of a movie premiere. A good time at the afterparty. But what can all of that even mean when he has a girlfriend... Tara Crescent is a young up and coming Australian actress at her first ever movie premier when she runs into Riley, the friend of one of her co-starts. With her calming present she is able to help him though what she thinks is a panic attack. Her kindness and willing to help others has Riley questioning the way his living his life and how his spending his time with. Will it be love?

22-year old Casey is enjoying life as a new graduate writer but feels as each day goes by there are moments of homesickness. She is caught in a crossroads of her new life and her old life in her hometown. **Story takes place in early 2000s timeline**

A minority student goes to a university in London. A story about homesickness, self-identity, and trust.

What if a simple password update could change your reality and your life? Join Lena on a journey where a routine task unravels eerie coincidences, forgotten memories, and ghostly whispers from the past. As she navigates a world where technology and the supernatural intertwine, she must uncover the truth hidden within her own mind-before it's too late...

(n.) a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past.

Y/N Stark meets Bucky Barnes and there is an instant connection. Will they remain strong when they finds out each others secrets or will it end in heart break for the both of them?

emerald is different. but her terribly british boarding school is not awfully keen on "different".

While looking at some old photographs, Santiago starts reminiscing about the time he worked on a ship. Countless memories have been forged, and sometimes, with the quick passage of time, he fears such memories could be lost. So, he writes them down, one by one. Some day, it might be easier to read this memoir than try to reach his memories in the dark place, that his mind might soon become.