Hi Canada I know just how you feel, my husband & I went to live in South Africa, just for a year, 6yrs later and one child, we were still there. I missed my family, especially my mum, very, very much, I'm sure my dad told my mum not to worry me about her missing us. She must have really missed her first granddaughter very much as I actually went home to have her and stayed 6weeks after her birth, in their home.
I know when we left she told my dad; oh, put the cot away, I can't bear to look at it , only knew that years & years after. Whilst living in South Africa, I dreamed & dreamed of being home with my family again. After 6yrs I persuaded my husband to return. It was wonderful to be back, English pubs, roast dinners, even the rain looked good
We stayed 2yrs, had a Son, then moved to the Netherlands as my husband didn't like the low standard of living in UK. But being not too far off, we got lots of visits from mum & dad and all our other family and of course we could easily visited them now, which was not easy when we lived in South Africa. But still the place I longed to be was England!
We stayed in the Netherlands for 7yrs and after divorce, I returned to UK with the children and got a house near to my mum and dad so they could help with the children, we were all very happy. I and the children were very pleased to be back living in the UK, with all our family, speaking English and I would never live any where else again!
Canada I feel for you and your poor mum, missing her daughter & grandchildren so. When I lived in SA there were no phones, no emails, no mobiles, only snail mail. Is it out of the question for your mum & dad to emigrate and be with you all, do they have your siblings and their children to think about and how long have you been there now?? Seems if your husband won't entertain the thought of returning to UK, you & your mum & dad are in for a sorrowful life, missing one another so, the children probably, are unaware.
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