Do you miss your kids when they're not near you?

aww man I miss my boys terribly they live in Ky and I havent seen my oldest in 1.5 years hopefully this christmas.. My other son left the begining of April. I miss thier hugs seeing their smiles. Hell I even miss them being a pain in my rump lol Now that they have the same cell service I do they call me everyday but it just isnt the same. I know they miss thier mommy too

I have a 28yr.old and 26yr.old daughters bot grown with 2 children of their own. my older girl lives about 2 miles from me and the other around 60miles away. I see or talk to them everyday. when i don't (esp. the younger one) i worry until i do. I miss them terribly. I also have a 12yr. and 13yr. old sons--this is the first day of summer vacation and i wish i was missing them! Really, even with all their bickering i worry if they are not at home so i can make sure they are alright. I think thats just a mother thing.

My sons, who are both in their 30's live a good 2 1/2 hour drive from my house. They usually come home for holidays, but I still miss them. It took years for me to change their bedrooms, I used to have everything the way it was when they lived here, and I had their pictures on the dressers,and I would go in and look at them. After about 10 years, I changed the rooms. My daughter lives close by, so I can see her more often, but she's so busy working and going to school that we don't have much time to spend together. I also have a nephew who I raised from the time he was 2 years old. He's just like one of my sons, and he lives so far away I only get to see him a couple of times a year. I talk to him on the phone usually at least once a week, but I miss him every day. I wish the whole family could live closer. I would be perfectly happy to have them all live with me in a huge house.

My husband will be starting a new job and we were being told all the incentives and they said there would be company cruises. I immediately said, "I cannot go" they looked at me and I said, "what would we do with our little son?" He is only almost 4 and has NEVER slept away from us much less for days. I can't do it yet. LOL! I said, "maybe when he is 6 or so". The man said we COULD take him along possibly, that I could do, but if not....no way. We miss him when we go out on a date night together and we end up at a store, somewhere, looking at something for him. LOL! He's not spoiled but he's loved. We just miss him that's all.;) After all we waited 19 yrs for him. Ok, so he's just a wee bit spoiled. LOL! Overall he's a good little boy.

Yup, very much so. In fact I'm dreading the day that my two kids will get married and leave us--an empty nest...I'd really feel so lonely. As of now I'd like to enjoy my kids as much as I can. The same goes with my husband...It's tough, but we just have to accept this small fact about life...

I assume that most of the friends responded to this discussion are ladies. It is quite natural that the maternal bondage is stronger. Still I, a father of two daughters occasionally feel like I am missing my daughters and two lovely grand daughters who are away in Bangalore, which is more than 450 miles away. I cannot miss a single day without talking to them over the phone. Our children are always dear to us, no matter what age they are.

Oh yes i miss my kids but not to the oint it makes me sad i have 3 that live fairly close bye,and one in ny and one in sc,i see her may be once a year,and the one in ny just when ever he wants to come home.The ones that live close i dont ee them much they call some time now dont get me wrong we are a very close family,and if i need them they are right here,but as long as i know they are well and ok i am fine,we have our family get togethers about 3 times a year and that is fine withall of us.They know if they need mom all they have to do is say the word.i miss them some and i do worry as all mothers do.

Of course, who wouldn't? My daughter is 3.5 years old. About 5 months, from January to May this year, I couldn't find a house maid to replace the one who went home to her village. I didn't have anyone to take care of my daughter since me and my husband are working. So I have to put her at my Mom's house, an hour from our home. It was a misserable 5 months, I missed her everyday, I have to call her about 5 times a day. I only saw her on weekends. And she cried everytime I left her at my Mom's. It was the hardest thing to do, leaving my daughter crying like that.

yes i miss them terribly....1 of my sons is in the forces the other is away at uni and my eldest lives quite a far distance from here so i hardly get to see them all at the same time...i do miss them all dearly...

Well my son, DIL and the 1 grandson live with me, when I go on vacation, I do miss them so much. My oldest daughter and grandkids always lived within walking distance to me, now they live about 40 minutes from me. I miss them so much, I feel that they live across the country from me. I like having my family close by. I never could understand how people can move across the country from family members, not me. I have 2 sisters that live in another state, I don't like it. I hope your daughter and SIL come back big winners.