All our children live abroad with their foreign-born partners and children. They will probably spend their lives abroad and I miss them terribly.
My friends and I are all retired, and when we meet, all they ever talk about is their grandchildren: taking them to school, collecting them, helping them with their homework, arranging sleepovers and having great fun.
I sit there silently, envying their happiness and with my heart broken.
I’m getting to an age when long foreign travel is becoming difficult. What can I do?
Thank you for writing in to me and can I say I do feel a sadness and a…