HANDS UP Who’s Breathing A Sigh Of Relief After The School Holidays?

For me, school holidays looked a little different this time with my mum travelling over from Perth to visit, which was amazing.
We had a beautiful time visiting Bowen and just spending time together. She soaked up so many cuddles with the kids, and we created some great memories. I'm extremely grateful that she is able to travel from Perth to Mackay a couple of times a year. Yet, every time she goes, I feel like a little kid who gets upset and misses her mum.
I've always been terrible at goodbyes, but since having children of my own and watching them play with their G'ma, I find it so hard to say goodbye. Here I am, a 30-year-old woman with two kids, crying as I drive away from Mackay airport after saying bye. What’s wrong with me?!
The goodbye hits a little different this time as we aren't sure when we will see each other next, and it’s likely to be six months away. I understand six months isn't a lot to some, and my heart goes out to those who travel further and go longer between visits. But I think of how much little kids grow in that time, and how it’s just not the same having her not be at every birthday, Christmas, or important event in our lives.
Not to mention having a live-in babysitter so I can enjoy my coffee hot for once and actually finish a conversation with my husband. But for now, we have no answers for change, as we haven’t for the last ten years of living apart. Here I was, thinking that after ten years things would be easier or we would have figured out a way to live in the same state. Well, no, here we are.
However, the glass half full is, thank God for FaceTime, and I'm lucky we are all healthy and able to travel across Australia.
Anyone else living away from loved ones, I feel you!
In the meantime, it’s cold coffees. Haha.
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Rach

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