<p>Thank you both for commiserating! Not being needed will be very hard, and it would be even worse if she feels she does need me and I’m not there. I joke that my son only wants me for food and hugs, and I’m pretty confident that he will be fine away from home, but (I think) my daughter still really needs her mama. I’m sure the technology will help, as you pointed out, London, but still…</p>
<p>You are right, Alooknac, that I have to think of it as doing what is best for them. But I think it will be as hard to get used to not having them here as it was to get used to having them 13 years ago. :-)</p>