Originally Posted by barnbum
Jackie--we are good friends. She had a hard time with homesickness when she first started college so we talked on the phone every single day. The hard part were weekends--there was NOTHING at this college to do, which made it so hard. Plus she graduated from high school a year early so she was only 17. So we spent a LOT of time talking to help her work it through. Plus she came home every other weekend. It was about a 2 hour ride to get her--but my husband has been out of work since July, so he was able to get her. Once she gained some friends, everything changed. I was lucky if I got an email every other day. :wink: She's transferring to a college that has all kinds of weekend activities next semester--AND it's only an hour away.
I spent a day with her when I had a week off of school and it felt so nice to have my 18 year old girl so excited about spending the day with her mother. We went horseback riding. :D
Isn't it great when you can sort of drop the parenting thing and become friends with your kids? I love hanging out with both my girls. Shopping, lunch, just girly things. Now, sometimes Laurens' hubby does come along, but he's great when we need to buy clothes....he gives us the thumbs up or down on them. Heck, he'll even pick out the clothes for us! lol