Our 20 year old daughter left home while we were sleeping a little over a month ago. She had plans to go to a girlfriend's house in Texas (we are in North Carolina) and made all the arrangements to fly there. She stayed there 1 month. This friend had "introduced" her to a man that lives in Texas and they have been communicating over a year now via phone, text, email and skype. She has now moved in with him. The friend has called us, apologizing for having anything to do with this situation. I believe she is truly sorry. Our hearts are breaking. She is our firstborn. We are Christians but this man is more New Age than anything else. We can't believe she has turned her back on everything she has been taught. We know we have made many mistakes but are wanting her to come back and work things out. She has informed us (via email) that she is where she needs to be. She actually wrote to ask if they could come and visit at Christmas. We told her no - not with him. This man is 27 years old than our daughter! The emotions are rampant. My husband is especially devastated. I am, too, but he had a very close relationship with her up until a few years ago. I guess she had really been drifting for quite awhile but we didn't notice. Any words of wisdom? How in the world do you get past this and move on. My husband and I met late in life and had our daughter when I was 40 so I'm now 60 and he's 62. This definitely wasn't what we had planned for our senior years!