Those of you who have children know the experience of Motherly and Fatherly love. I do not have my daughter with me and hopefully it's temporary but every day that goes by without her is another day without sunshine....

My 22 year old has been home for 5 days....she left to head back down to Brisbane...6 hours south...and I howled like a wounded dog, after she left...have mowed a 1/4 acre with the push mower to distract myself from the pain of her leaving...

I can empathise....I feel for you.

i don’t have this experience,but i can feel your pain,just your words,sounds painful enough to feel...i feel sorry for you...

my daughter was in a lesbien relationship 2yrs ago
and her partner(now ex) convinced my daughter and my grandkids to move to tinian for her ex partner father was dying.
we all tried to convince my daughter but she didnt listen
when they left we had contact on a daily basis and when my daughter and her ex partner split up
it was frustrating for there was no resourses to get my daughter and grandkids back
for tinian in consider part of the us territory
my daughter and grandkids was placed into protective custody due to the fact my daughter ex partner threanted to kill my daughter
she and grandkids came back 6months after they had left she had gotten her taxes they were flying home on the day of my daughter birthday

she now in relationship with a man that cares greatfully for her and my grandkids and she expecting her 4th child in september

she been home for a year and has plans on going back to school just waiting on her financal aid to be approved


by the way i noticed your a teen mom
im a former teen mom so is my daughter

i had my daughter when i was 19
and she had her son when she was 14 (she now 28yrs old)

if you need to talk just email me away

well, i dunno much bout parents sufferin, but i do love my parents with due respect n then peeps around tease me callin me a Momma's boy.. sheesh

Hey there, yep its painful when you do not have your children with you, my ex took my children and it took me more than a year to get them back..
When you are really missing her, make a little diary that you can writed down funny things that are happening or thoughts you have so that she can read it when she is older. it aloso makes you eel a little better and they really like knowing that you where thinking about them.
Not sad things, but just little I love yous and funny things you see and do..
Draw sily picturse stick things in, nything you think she will like.

Memories and pictures honey.....reflect on those until you can see her again...

KNOW THIS---You are her mother and she is thinking about you all the time...and missing you as much as you are missing her. I guarantee it. So even though you are apart, your minds and hearts are meeting somewhere in between subconsciousness and they are hugging right now. true love is never forgotten although it may be separated it ways heavily upon the heart and minds of those who love each other. Stay strong for not only yourself but for your daughter.

I have to agree with miss Simone on the this one. I have two daughters myself whom i dont get to see as often as i like and i miss them everyday i am with them. But I know within my heart that they love and miss me as much as i do them. Look forward to a brighter day and it will come :)

Im kind of different. I dont miss people often IF I have a time to see them, in fact it makes me have something to look forward to.


When I had shared custody of my son, I Cant say I Was 'missing' him the weekends when he was with his dad because I knew he would be only gone two days and those two days I had plenty of other things that I could enjoy filling my time with


If I had to be gone from them for months or years though, I think ID miss them.

but this is from someone who has the constant chaperone of a child, unless IM at work,, so I would kind of enjoy SOME time without such a chaperone to kind of breathe and relax...

I see my son nearly daily but my daughter only twice or thrice a year. So I miss her smile greatly and sympathize with the OP and others.

Sometimes making Love visable is the best way you can show your daughter the feelings you have. Redirecting the sadness and pain helps soften the ache.

You are very young and have a long life ahead of you to spend with your daughter. Parenting is a life time gig.

My suggestion is to do it from a position of strength by useing the periods of seperation to invest in your own skills. Get a book, go on line, take a class,volunteer, get a job where you get as much OJT as possible. Hang out with someone who can help you learn a second language. It will make the time go faster and you will be a better parent for it.

Yes include parenting skills but there are a lot of ways to be a better parent by being a better person. Getting diploma's are the best love letter a young parent can give a child. Learning how to manage money and health are a couple more.

While your missing your daughter you can also write her letters that she will treasure. Tell her your dreams, your history, your hopes and your fears. It might be a few decades before you need to give this to her but just getting it out there will help you.

((((((HUGS))))))

I feel your pain RedRazzberryJam, 'cause my daughter has to go with her dad every Sat. from 9am to 8:30pm. It may only be eleven and a half hours, but it feels like forever to me. I love her so much and hate being away from her She cries when she leaves me and I cry when she leaves so it's not a good situation for either of us. Hold your head up though and keep going because one day your tears will turn to laughter and your sorrow will turn to joy I receive that same turnaround for me too, along with every other mother out there who's hurting with us. As far as I'm concerned, it's unnatural to take a child away from their mother for any amount of time, period.

Well, I want to tell you guys something that I don't talk about much. Sometimes I come up on here to read your posts. I don't really have advice to give cause I was only a parent for 6 months. I was blank for a lot of years not knowing how I felt. Blocking it out was something that my mind did on it's own. Maybe because my mind knows how my heart is. Sometimes when I see how you guys love your kids I get the biggest lump in my throat.

that's about as far as I can go for now

I miss my son and daughters but they have grown up and have their own lives.

one day at a time...

Tell her you love her and miss her. My daughter is going to college on Friday and I will miss her very much. I will call her, send her emails, and do Facebook messaging. My wife and I are getting a Divorce and I need my Daughter so bad right now.

The worst TIME of my life,,was when I filed for a divorce,,and thought,,without question,,I'd get custody of them,,I didn't..THAT,,was the closet I even came to a nervous breakdown,,and then,,two years later,,I was granted full custody of them and THAT was the happiest day of my life..
SO,,as time now may seem,,forever,,look to your future and all that you and HER will have to share,,no-mater the who,what,when,and why's..EVERY CHILD,,WILL KNOW THEIR PARENTS HEARTS..ALWAYS...
I will keep you and her in my thoughts and Prayers,
Best of luck,,to you both..