Dotsie,
I very much relate to the time you spent with your daughter! My son is also 20 and goes to University in another state. It was harder because he recently spend 5 months in India for school studies and I missed and worried for him. He returned and I was able to spend a lot of time this year with him for Christmas. As you said, these times are important because they have their own lives. It seems he was a bit homesick so he stayed with me longer than usual for Christmas and we did things together and laughed until we couldn't stop a couple times like when he was younger. These are the times to cherish, cerainly!
I'm glad that you, too, had such a time with your child. I put my child on a plane back to school but didn't think I'd miss him as much because I caught up with his dreams, his thoughts and opinions!

dancer9
whose other son is in Italy!