Still having difficulties letting go, but trying to be strong for my wife and other two daughters.

[HopeHoops]

My eldest has been gone about 40 years (well, okay, three weeks) and I'm missing her terribly. Skype helps. Fortunately she's keeping her blog up to date so that's a quick way to connect despite the six hour time difference. "If you love something, set it free..."

[seabeyond]

1. i actually got misty eye, with a huge smile... ahhhhh

this is pathetic dude. she will be back, what? 4 months, lol. teasing.

sigh

you are precious.

[HopeHoops]

3. I know. I know. I'm a softy. I'm just trying to stay strong for my wife's sake.

[Yooperman]

2. As a father of two wonderful daughters...I feel your pain!

Grab a hanky....


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I miss my Daughters too....

[HopeHoops]

4. It doesn't matter how old they are - they're still your kids!!!

[ginnyinWI]

5. my eldest daughter moved to Paris a few years ago.

We get to see her maybe twice a year--if we are lucky. Thankfully, she when she does make her yearly trip home, she can stay for several weeks, because she works online.

You get used to it. She is in her 30s so has been out of the nest for a while. But still it would be nice to see her more often. Facebook keeps us connected somewhat.

[HopeHoops]

6. Skype is better - video conferencing.

[ginnyinWI]

7. we do that too

That's what we did Christmas morning--we opened presents "together".

[HopeHoops]

8. She has a cell phone but it costs something like a million dollars a minute for overseas calls.

Skype is free. Facebook is tedious. Her dog is having the roughest time. I'm sure she knew this was different than just "going back to college". With Skype, she can see Krysi and she turns back into the puppy she was almost ten years ago. We let them have their time together.

[ginnyinWI]

9. look into the options Skype has for regular phone calls too

They have Skype Out and Skype To Go which are pretty reasonable. I also have international calling with my Tracfone cell phone account. You call them with an 800 number and they connect you for the same rate as a domestic call--that is, whatever you paid for your minutes. (this is a prepaid phone account).

[HopeHoops]

10. Actually, I've been amazed with the quality of the Skype connection.

The sound is better than some cell phone connections I get herre in the states!