Just Feel like Crying, Though I Know It's a for a Good Reason

Last year we moved from Ohio to Alaska. You can't move farther away than that!! You can't stop the tears, you just have to go through it. Have a good cry, tell everyone you love them and look at this like an adventure. We love our new life here. We have made amazing friends that have become our new family. We keep in touch with our friends and family back home through facebook and phone calls. It's not the same, but life moves forward and you have to move with it. It will be very emotional when you move, but you'll be ok!! Good luck!

awwwww, i'm sorry, mama!
i don't think there's any way to just get over missing a home and people you love. you will almost certainly end up being fine and loving your new home, but your attachment to a place where you've been happy is natural. i wouldn't put any pressure on yourself to buck up. allow yourself to mourn, and cry, so long as you're not collapsed and useless.
we're so fortunate to live in our technologically connected world. facebook does not replace having a good neighbor right next door, but it beats all hell out of nothing.
it'll get better! {{{{}}}}}
khairete
S.

Facebook is awesome for situations like this.

We moved away from all my friends and family when I was pregnant, from the Northwest to the Southeast. literally opposite ends of the country, to a place where I don't know ANYONE. At all. Finances make it hard to visit home, and we have only been able to visit once in four years.

I have been able to keep in touch with everyone online, and it has been great. I still miss them (especially my family) like crazy, but it isn't nearly as lonely when I can log in and see what everyone is up to, see pictures of their kids growing, etc.

I would have a big going away barbecue on Saturday. Keep it cheap with hamburgers and hot dogs, or do a pot luck. Have a fun last hurrah so ou leave on a high note, and take the opportunity to make sure you have everyone's contact info if you don't already have it.

You are going to cry.
There's no avoiding it.
The more you try to avoid it the worse you will feel.
Give yourself a good hour or so in private if possible and bawl your eyes out.
A good cry can be very cleansing and can act like an emotional reset button.
Once the storm is over you'll feel much better.

Hi L., I just wanted to tell you that you will be OK, and that crying is normal!! We lived in our home for a very long time before we moved too, and I cried my eyes out more than once!! Just take lots of pictures too, because you will be glad you did. And keep in touch with your neighbors over facebook or whatever, so you will still feel like you have that connection if you ever go back to visit. Good luck on your new move - and I hope everything goes smooth for you!!

It's OK to cry and its OK to be sad.
Put O. foot in front of the other and focus on the positives.
The fact that you're so sad about leaving is really a testament to a fabulous chapter if your life!
Now, onto the next chapter!
Good luck!

Aww, don't feel like your leaving everyone forever! I keep in touch with neighbors from where I grew up. I was in the same house for 15 years (since I was 3), then went to college, then I moved home after 1 year of college and 1 year away. After a year home, my parents got divorced and the home went for sale. My neighbors still say they miss us.
It really didn't take much time to adjust to my apartment, but I had being very young and wanting my own freedom on my side. I think everyone goes through what you are. You will adjust very soon to the new place and it will be home! You probably know their addresses! You can keep in touch through cards and internet!

Hi,

Firstly just acknowledge that this is natural: we all get upset about change; Often this is for no apparent reason. I was 20 when I moved out of my parent's house to study further and was going to a different city. I was lucky to get admission in a course that I was so seriously interested in. Also, I was fed up with some family issues at home and wanted to have some breathing space: despite all these factors when I actually left home: I was in trauma. I started feeling that I may never be able to get back to my parents....I will have pangs on anxiety and would feel blood flowing faster in my veins...I detested everything in the hostel where I stayed: the smell of food, the color of walls: even rains appeared very gloomy to me. I wanted to go back but my dad just firmly told me that without completing the course, he will not let me come in and hence I stayed (it was more because i was angry at him and did not feel like going back to him after listening to his rude words). Even at times I would be happy...but soon a guilt would envelop me: I felt that I was betraying my loved ones by being happy....However in month things changed and I found my self more capable of loving my family without being clingy or mushy....Even when I was about to marry the guy I loved, I had pangs on anxiety and I cried during my wedding day and even during our honeymoon: this happens...change in life makes us anxious...some are more likely to be anxious than others....just don't try to fight this feeling as the fight will suck more energy...be with it...but keep doing the tasks that you are required to do irrespective of your feelings, no matter how difficult it may appear. do keep contact numbers, emails, pictures etc with you of all people you were close to...remember parting sometimes helps you love people more and yet be open to new people/ experiences: the relations that continue despite distances are most cherish-able and strong and yet not confining...
All the best for your new journey....

You just have to get through it. Throw yourself into putting the new house together. Start with the kitchen and one bathroom. Then the kids' rooms. Then one room at a time. Get your husband to do the garage.

If you concentrate HARD on the house, it will help you get through it. When you can relax, call your friends and talk to them.

As sad as you are now-you will be as happy in your new home-all the best!

Don't worry, you will have other wonderful memories in store for you and your family. You sound like a great person and friend and probably won't have any problem making new friends although the thought of that may seem hard. If you think this move is the best for you and your family, say a prayer and move on. Just make sure to make one day a year where you and your family come back. Maybe every 4th of July you guys plan to have a Cul de Sac party. I have a friend from my old neighborhood in New York who I have known since I was 3. We moved when I was 8 to California but she was always my little dear and sweet friend and we kept in touch all these years. Blessings to you and blessings for Peace with your decision.