ari, how conflicting this must be for you since you felt held back at their age. If it's with the International Schools, couldn't it be more of a temporary thing? Do they have a home here, and if so, will they sell it? Is it possible this will help them get the travel bug out of their system, then return home? I hope so.

Friends who have grands out of state use a camera on their computer to stay in touch. Doesn't soemone here do that too? there are also camera phone now too. Fortunately, it's so much easier to stay connected and invovled from a distance.

I can certainly understand how you are feeling, but it seems to be happening to many boomers. We raised an adventurous group, didn't we?
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