Corrections in red.  Stylistics in blue.

No Place Like Home

Living "abroad" for two [1] years now, this expression from the Wizard of Oz makes perfect sense. While I was in France, the family home was never too far away, and it was possible to say I often [2], every two months at least. Of course, I could see my friends every day [3] if I'd liked/wanted to.
But since I left to work in New Caledonia, which is a 24-hour flight away from France, these contacts are limited to Skype sessions. Due to the 10-hour time difference, it's quite hard to talk more than 1 hour each call. That is, if there is a call at all -- as most of the time when I'm awake, they are still sleeping in France. I can tell you, home feels very far away.
Last August, my company offered me a flight back to France for a one-month month holiday. When I went back home, nothing had changed. Of course at first, everybody was really happy and wanted to know a lot about my experience. But after a few days, the little things I had left two years before were just as I left them:  My mother told her bad jokes that make me laugh, my father still worried [4] when I took the car, and my best friend (again) found (again) a new hobby...

After a month I took my return flight with my mind at peace. Home will always be home!

[1]  There is a convention to write out the numbers one to nine in words when they are used in a non-mathematical context.  But don't worry about it; the convention is usually ignored!

[2]  "to say I often" is not understandable.  

[3]  every day (adverb)  "He goes there every day."      everyday (adjective)  "I'm more comfortable when I wear my everyday clothes."

[4]  "preoccupied" is a possible word choice, but the word worried better expresses his anxious concern about your well-being.