Home is where the heart is. But what happens when you’ve been away for so long, the meaning of home becomes to change? In the song, “Home:Word,” Magnetic North and Taiyo Na talk about their struggles of going back home but are worried about the feelings they may feel before coming back, such as, “tell you i'm used to, being used to/ going through with the motions/ but every time i'm away/ everyday my thoughts just drive me insane/ cause i feel, you prefer the world beyond oceans” (18-22). He was used to a routine of their own life and when it was time to actually go home, it felt like taking a step backwards. It is much more difficult to connect back to what they used to think what home was when it has been awhile. This is similar to Joanna Dreby’s piece, “Negotiating Work and Parenting Over the Life Course,” because she talks about parents who work abroad and leave their children to be taken care by someone else in another country. Because these families are separated for so long, “...parents and children who do not live in the same country, share in the same routines, or experience similar opportunities and constraints, intergenerational relationships are constantly in flux” (Dreby, 663). Distance creates this barrier for transnational families because the importance of constant communication is the key to keeping a strong bond. However, with the help of technology, it has slowly improved those ways by having more opportunities of communication. Valerie Francisco elaborates more on this in her article, “Internet is Magic,” in which she mentions Skype mothers and keeping their video chats on all day in order to mimic the presence of another family member far away (180). Though it may be annoying to others, some are grateful for the time that they are able to spend rather than waiting for a reply. Going back to Magnetic North, that song was written way before video chatting became more common in households. However, it shows a greater difference in not talking to their families at all, and staying close from far away.