Tag: long distance
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The happy-sad chaos of raising a child from afar
It takes a village to raise a child, but what happens the parents are living in diffetent cities, and the village is far away from home? What happens is that in spite of all the challenges, a plan for a better life slowly and lovingly comes together
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A postcard from home is love in its purest form
When my children, aged 14 and 11, left with their mother to stay in Germany for a year, it was always going to be hard, for all of us. The children had just spent four months in my solitary care, and my house is now very quiet and empty, although littered with the evidence of…
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The exquisite agony of the long-distance wedding
United with her husband-to-be over oceans of love, Mary B learns that planning a wedding is never easy when you’re planning it with Mom over Skype.