I don't know how parents cope when their children leave home to go to university etc. I was fine when I left her, probably because I thought it was like a holiday and she'll be home soon. But it is just starting to sink in, that no, she will not be coming home for some time.
Who am I going to go walking with, have lunch with, go to the movies with and most important, get advice on clothes when shopping. I'll have to save it all for when I visit her.
We have to catch two planes to visit her and the cost in airline tickets is outrageous, costing over a thousand dollars for my husband and I to travel to see her so this would not happen very much.
Travelling by car takes us two good days and I love travelling but you need to have at least 10 days off work to make it worth while.
I know that it is all good experience and they must learn to stand on their own two feet. I could probably deal with it better if she lived just a little closer. I feel helpless being so far away from her, I'm not there to protect her.
Cities scare me, so am not liking her being in such a large place working long hours into the night.
I have to admit, she is not alone, her boyfriend is with her and there is my husband's family around her also, but that's not me.
I'm an over protective mother. Yes, I know that I am, but doesn't every mother have the right to be a little over protective. I feel that it is our right to be protective of our children.
She would always tell me not to stress and that she is fine. She would often say "Mum, I'll be fine, stop worrying."
Worry, that's all I seem to be doing.
If this world was not filled with so much evil then I probably would not feel so bad.
To all the over protective mums out there, BE PROUD of being a loving and caring mother because there are some who are not.
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