goodbye
Coping with Goodbyes as Expats
It’s nearing the end of the calendar year, when a somewhat smaller group of families repatriate to their home countries, leaving Beijing and their friends behind. It’s always a struggle, especially when you have children, accepting that people move and others come to take their space – but not their place – in our lives. During this change, we all feel a sense of abandonment or disappointment or lack of control, just maybe not in the same way.
