JBelle: Well, okay, The Christ Child is leaving. Yes, I know. Here's all the things I am gonna get done once he's gone: get his room straightened up again, reclaim my car, give his clothes to the housekeeper's kids, put his truck in storage, put his cell phone number on inactive status, read, read, read, reread all my favorites on the UK, plan Christmas, finish my new library, store my handbags on his bed, walk the Chows to Manito and back once a day, see how low I can get the grocery bill here, go back to mass daily. There.

DFO: JBelle's talking about Bronx Boy here. He'll soon be off to London. I love that last line: "Go back to mass daily." I'm with JBelle. I have a youngun hop-scotching around Europe and another riding a motor scooter in Denver. Shudder. I don't want to think about it. Then, there's my friend, Big Earl, who put his daughter on a plane for a year's study in Germany and has a son serving in the Marines in Iraq. And my in-laws who have a daughter serving near Kabul, Afghanistan. How did our kids get so mobile -- and so capable of traveling and causing their parents sleepless nights?

Question: How do you deal with having children overseas or faraway?

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