I'm so sad :(

[Medusa]

I'm w/you on this one, that's for sure. My son lives in CA and I live in OH and we both become so sad when leaving after having visited each other. What I do is to get excited about our next visit; I plan lots of things to do together and that helps. You'll be so busy w/your new baby that it might not be as painful this time. (((HUGS))) to you.

[moosmom]

Oh Leslie, he is SO beautiful!!

When Amy was born, my Mom had been deceased 3 years, so I really had no one (my MIL and I didn't get along, she was an alcoholic) to look to for advice. You are so lucky your Mom was there. To not only bond with you and those gorgeous kids of yours, but to just have someone to talk to, ya know, at a time when a woman needs another woman's opinion.

Don't be sad. Go get a Video Cam for your computer and have her get one. When I was in Michigan that's how I visited with my daughter and friends over the holidays. It was wonderful and cheap cuz you could chat all day long with each other.

They're cheap at Wal-Mart. I just love modern technology.

Cheer up and smother those kids with kisses from Auntie Donna and the fur crew.

[prechrswife]

I so understand where you are coming from. It is so hard when my parents have to leave to go back home(or when we have to leave when we go to visit). And my parents aren't going to be able to stay as long this time as they did when Katherine was born because my mom is still teaching school and has to take off work to come. (Katherine was born on her summer vacation.)

[catnapper]

I can understand how you feel -- there's nothing like havin mom around, no matter how grown up we become. (((hugs)))

[K9karen]

I can understand how you feel -- there's nothing like havin mom around, no matter how grown up we become. (((hugs)))

So true! I'd do anything for one last hug.