Dear Fellow Homebodies,

That saying "home is where the heart is" lies deep within you. Home is probably your safe zone. It's probably one of the few places you can be completely yourself. You have more fun at your home than most people your age. And that's okay. Some of us left home for college and maybe are homesick every once and a while. Others are homesick very often. Some people were smart enough to know they'd get homesick and stuck around home for college. All of those feelings are okay.

There's this stigma in college that you shouldn't be homesick. In college you should have the time of your life and just have so much fun all the time! Except finals week, because ya know, finals week is nearly hell. Besides that you're supposed to go home on breaks and complain about how much you miss your friends and all the fun things you do at school. Real quick, if you are that person, that is totally fine! I'm glad you're enjoying college! But if you're not that person, college can seem like hell at times.

It is completely okay to be homesick. If you're anything like me, you probably left many years of familiarity and routine behind. For some people new things are just hard to get adjusted to.

I went to a school that is four hours away from my hometown-- where I grew up for the past 13 years. When I left home for college, I left behind two of my best friends I've known since elementary school and my family that I was very close with. I mean I was so close, that sometimes I'd go see a movie with my grandma on a Friday night instead of going out with friends. I know where everything is, sometimes it seems I could drive with my eyes closed (I promise you I do NOT do that!!). I would spend Sunday and Monday nights either watching the Bronco games from my living room or at the stadium watching it live with my dad. It's little things like that I miss the most.

Sometimes being away at college and living around people who are having a blast and feeling that pressure you should too can get to you. I've called my best friends countless times crying about how badly I wanted to come home. I've actually come home a few times besides fall and Thanksgiving break, just so I could see my friends and my family.

At times I feel like I was a "baby" for going home. And maybe you do too. But you should not be ashamed for missing home. Home is a special place and for some it means something more and that is 100% acceptable, don't let anyone tell you differently. So whatever reason you have for being homesick, embrace it. Go home when you need to and can; after all you are in college for an education so do yourself a favor and make sure your school work is settled away before you take a trip back home.