They say that having a kid is like watching your heart run around outside of your body.
I don’t have any children myself, but I can see how that could hold true.
What, then, is it like to know that your heart is not only outside your body, but a long, long way away? What’s it like to be apart like that, and how does it happen?
These anonymous parents tell all.
10. 2,000 miles away
That’s a long, long way to go.
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9. It’s about the timing
It’s also not their business.
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8. The excitement!
Time to visit grandma.
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7. Up the chain
Well this is certainly an unexpected reversal.
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6. The Summer days
Such a long time to wait.
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5. Distance
It makes the heart change in ways, that’s for sure.
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4. Flaking out
What if I don’t just take myself down, but her as well?
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3. Face time
How do you explain it to them? How to you reach them through that distance?
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2. The life
“She deserves everything I never had.”
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1. Full time
You can’t help anyone until you can help yourself.
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It’s never easy to be apart, even when you know it’s for the best. Here’s to everyone struggling with this right now, you’re shouldering a burden that few others would understand.
Have you experienced something like this? Either as a parent or a kid, recently or in the long past?
Tell us about it in the comments.