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[quote=Anonymous]My mom has never met my children, ages 3 and 6.

We have had 2 long term nannies who have become like family to us. They are both close to me in age so they aren’t exactly mother figures, but they have watched my children grow up and they love them deeply.

I am so so thankful for these women, but I still feel so much yearning for my own mother.

I am taking DS on a plane trip several states away to visit the nanny who cared for him from birth until we moved away when he was 4. While I love seeing the love between him and his nanny, I just wish so much that I could have had a nice mom.

I have no sisters or aunts, and my grandmothers are dead so the Nanny’s are the closest proxy to family. This upcoming trip is just highlighting for me how sad I feel, even though I am grateful for how loved my children have been by these wonderful women.

Has anyone else been through this? When will it get better? I feel like I’ve had periods where I was mostly ok and this upcoming trip has me really down.

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