I'm new to this thread, and I'm not coping very well at the moment. I just moved my youngest daughter back to university for her 3rd year - on the West Coast (I'm in the Midwest) 2 weeks ago. I stupidly screwed up my finances b/c I mis-judged my savings to take this trip....and now I'm suffering financially and will take a few months to fix! And...my oldest daughter just moved to Colorado, literally one hour ago, taking her sweet doggie with her (my beloved granddoggie). He can't get on a plane and come visit me! I am heartbroken; happy for my daughter and glad that she's going after her dreams, but very sad that I can't see her very often and my little doggie even less often. I am happy that I have blessings in my life, a job, a roof over my head, friends, but I haven't felt this alone in all my life. I'm trying to just breathe. I rarely post here (or anywhere) but just feel so alone and sad......