My husband and I have two daughters, aged three and one. We live in Glasgow, but all of his extended family (siblings, parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents) live on a remote Scottish island. We visit two or three times a year (Christmas and summer), for about two weeks each trip. The children love our time there, though the journey is always difficult – a long drive followed by a boat crossing, for two very travel-sick little girls.
Our problem is that our three-year-old is getting increasingly “homesick” for the island and her extended family. She is always desperately sad to leave, and talks a lot about how much she misses her grandparents and their home. She misses the place as well as the people. Today, she told me she hurts inside whenever she thinks about the island.
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