My daughter has been back to school for a week now and until today I have only received 2 small messages and one of them was a question. Today she wrote quite a long msg about how her first week and classes have been.

But there was no 'I love you' or 'how are you?' or even a 'what's up?'. It seemed more like a letter to a penpal. I know I sound so petty but it just sounded too impersonal to me, like, just the facts ma'am.

She's in a dorm but I know she's staying with her bf nights and weekends, which is fine but I sure miss last year when we talked every night. And now all I do is cry at night, I am so pitiful. I haven't answered her, just don't really know what to say. It's almost like she's a stranger now.

I told her to grow up so I guess she is. She seems to be taking responsibility and doing things without me telling her to and I'm sure she will do good this year. But I'm not sure I will survive.