Our family WhatsApp group has become this painful mix of nostalgia posts and arguments about whether we should even try to go back someday. My siblings and I can't seem to talk about what we've lost without it turning into blame and old resentments, but we're the only ones who really understand what home meant to all of us.
More people experience this than they realize.
A family dispersed from their homeland finds that their shared grief keeps erupting into conflict because they cannot separate mourning their loss from their different survival strategies and old family dynamics.
“Where Are You with Grief for lost homeland — diaspora mourning?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.