They are moving 1000 miles away. They have both lived with me since the day they were born. My heart is breaking in a million pieces and they aren't even gone. Any advice on how to stop myself from going insane?
2006-09-10 17:04:15 · 16 answers · asked by The Nana of Nana's 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
NOTE: I can't go with them. I have a husband who has a career where we live.
2006-09-10 17:07:21 · update #1
I had to leave my Mom to when I married my husband who is in the Navy and we have been 3000 miles away from my mom. So I know this is hard on your daughter too. Just make sure they know how much you love them and are going to miss them. It is kind of like you are going to be going through the empty nest syndrome and going to have to find something else to keep you busy. Not that anything will ever take the place of seeing your grand-baby everyday. Just make sure you don't make her feel bad for leaving, so she will always want to come back to visit. Try packing little notes and trinkets in their stuff, so when they unpack they will be thinking of you. And you are sure to hear from them more often. Just have piece of mind that you have raised her right and they will be fine. And that's all a Mom could want, is for her kids to be happy.
2006-09-10 17:15:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venture into new hobbies or spend more time on your current hobbies. Take a class on pottery, cooking, ball room dancing, etc ( whatever tickles your fancy), join a club or community. Are you a church-goer? Maybe volunteer for the church. If not, volunteer at a non-profit charity. The point is, do things that keep you occupied, instead of sulking in solitude. Your daughter and and grandchild can stay in touch with you through web-cam and e-mail. If you don't have a web-cam yet, you should look into getting one for you and one for your daughter's home computer. Spend more time having fun and less time feeling sorry for yourself. Everything will be just fine.
2006-09-11 00:12:12 · answer #2 · answered by Suz E. Home BAKER 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you could fill up time with a hobby that you like a lot. or you can volunteer for big sister program or an after school program. or since you have a computer and maybe your daughter may have one get a web cam and you can get yahoo messenger and you can call each other for free every day or once a week or whatever and if you have a web cam you will be able to see your daughter and grandchild every time when you call her computer. even if your not computer literate you can still use the web cam which allows you to see ur daughter and grand and you can still call her it is very easy to use and it is free to set up and use.and it is free to call her computer if you use your computer to call her and the web cam after buy it from the store it is free to use to.
good luck, hope this helps
2006-09-11 00:18:57 · answer #3 · answered by knowssignlanguage 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, man, that sucks. Remember this, Nothing, absolutely NOTHING, happens in God's world by mistake. Pray. They are moving away, but they are NOT moving out of your life. My son and his wife and my 2 y/o granddaughter and newborn grandson live in Lincoln, < 2 hours away, and I hate it it is too far. I'll pray for all of you and just do the best you can, plan plenty of trips, and stay in touch. I guess be grateful we live in today's world where it IS so much easier to stay in touch. And find lots of things to do, good things, to take up that extra time; maybe volunteer rocking sick babies in a hospital, or reading to kids at school, or something. Man that sucks, so sorry.
2006-09-11 00:11:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am so sorry... this must be horrible for you...
Maybe you can invest in those phones that show the picture of the person you are talking to... or get the little camera for your computer... and you can call all the time...
Or perhaps you can move also... maybe to a place that is closer to them so you can visit more often...
I wish I had something more to offer...
:(
Best Wishes...
T.
2006-09-11 00:09:47 · answer #5 · answered by Theophania 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why can't you go with them? You can get your own little place near by so you or they can visit more often. If work is the problem, see if you can be transfered. If that is out of the question, communicate on-line as often as you can. Get a web cam so you guys can see each other (and hear each other).. keep busy, busy, busy.
2006-09-11 00:09:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aw I am so sorry for you. I know that would be awful. I don't know what too tell you to do. Call them daily and email. That is going to be hard. That scares me to think of moving away from my mom. She has always been across the road. I don't do change well. maybe you can beg her not to move off.
2006-09-11 00:23:23 · answer #7 · answered by ▒Яenée▒ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just pray and try to calm down I know the feeling but have mine close still to me after all these years.
2006-09-11 00:07:48 · answer #8 · answered by fayem7 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be happy for them. Promise they'll always be welcome if they need to come home. Children leaving the nest is the natural order of life. It means they are becoming independent, support them as best you can.
2006-09-11 00:10:06 · answer #9 · answered by Geronimo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i was going to day lol buh 1000 miles is ALOT, why so far. they should stay close.
2006-09-11 00:06:56 · answer #10 · answered by hejhs 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋