tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post776287858636364956..comments2024-03-27T17:28:13.744+01:00Comments on Away From It All: The Hardest ThingLisAwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03299284773832500834noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-18160581465769882922011-10-24T03:58:01.131+02:002011-10-24T03:58:01.131+02:00so i have a question and a comment. we live prett...so i have a question and a comment. we live pretty far from our relatives too. not nearly as far as you but we are in upstate new york and they are in utah. so all year we save to fly 7 people and go and spend a summer there. last summer we spent 4 months in utah, we even skipped a whole month of school to do this. also just about every year we have grandparents visit us. for about two weeks each if possible.<br /><br />is there any way they can come visit for one or two weeks every year. is there any way you can save for a year or two or three and go spend 3 months with cousins aunts and uncles and grandparents?Sylwiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16367764109444733995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-17198368719903102532011-10-22T10:29:04.703+02:002011-10-22T10:29:04.703+02:00Pity parties are good. (especially ones with conf...Pity parties are good. (especially ones with confetti.) My family drives me bonkers, but it would really bother me to have them miss my kids' childhood years too.melissabastowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07707231121450160335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-36109568897817433442011-10-22T07:22:07.427+02:002011-10-22T07:22:07.427+02:00I have lived 2000 miles away from my parents and s...I have lived 2000 miles away from my parents and siblings for 27 years now. Most of the time I am used to it, but after a long vacay back east, like I had this past summer, it has been very hard to be away. It can be heart-wrenching some days. I feel for ya.Kazzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411131948607000725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-44792868551167830412011-10-22T04:53:26.122+02:002011-10-22T04:53:26.122+02:00We are contemplating moving halfway across the cou...We are contemplating moving halfway across the country, away from ANY family, and posts like these really make me wonder whether we need to reconsider. Sniff. Especially because I am currently sitting in my parents' basement, five hours away from my home.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913479841360204974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-45256336764147340792011-10-21T20:09:23.792+02:002011-10-21T20:09:23.792+02:00That kills me. I am so sorry. The first 5 years I ...That kills me. I am so sorry. The first 5 years I lived in Texas I got to see my family at least once a year and it still killed me. Pity party awayMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02703184435092557675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-18931690393488817352011-10-21T18:26:10.848+02:002011-10-21T18:26:10.848+02:00I'm too sad to comment right now...I'm too sad to comment right now...Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966076533635667017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-6466139255756846782011-10-21T17:43:46.855+02:002011-10-21T17:43:46.855+02:00Oh, my heart aches for you. Sometimes, loving and ...Oh, my heart aches for you. Sometimes, loving and getting along with extended family can be a blessing and a curse. ;) <br /><br />I remember a day when J and I were in therapy {yes, we've been in therapy together. Years of it, actually.} and I realized that I'd always harbored the assumption that I would get married, have a year or two of adventures with my husband, then settle down in the same small town as my parents where I would spend holidays cooking with my mom and afternoons shopping with my sisters-in-law. But the reality was/is that my parents move every year or so. They don't ever settle down. And J earned a living in AZ and had no interest in becoming a nomad just to fulfill my fantasy. I said the words, "I think we're going to live in Arizona, around J's family for the rest of our lives" and then burst into tears. <br /><br />I still kind of fantasize about living down the street from my parents. "In each other's pocket" is how my mom puts it. There's just nothing else like that. I know there are all kinds of other benefits to this lifestyle {stability! sunshine! predictability!} just like I'm sure your kids are getting the experience of a lifetime, growing up in Poland. But that doesn't mean we aren't allowed to mourn over the sacrifices that are made. <br /><br />I think you need to talk your family into moving to Poland. :)MelancholySmilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04111279059498208927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-1175400564899328302011-10-21T17:12:00.375+02:002011-10-21T17:12:00.375+02:00I get it.I get it.Melanie Jacobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02489615939726209573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-84268989455799876472011-10-21T13:02:04.856+02:002011-10-21T13:02:04.856+02:00Actually, I think you expressed it quite well. I r...Actually, I think you expressed it quite well. I really felt how deeply hard this is (maybe because I can sympathize). No matter how fabulous one set of grandparents are, the other set is different and wonderful too. It is the bane of the modern world to be so far away from family. I just hate it.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08896888700175603711noreply@blogger.com