@ItsJustSchool I have no dad; I’m a sperm donor kid. 
^^^Well, if that isn’t a hook…
@ChoatieMom I wish! But it doesn’t seem like one, looking at history… :-/
I was actually hoping it’d come up, because you guys know me and it’s part of me, but it felt a little too identifying to throw out there. But I’m fine posting it when prompted. And hey, if schools actually check CC, they know who I am anyway. (As in, like, I told them.)
Oh, and get this: my mom found out a couple years ago that her dad isn’t her biological father, and she’s a donor kid too. And her brother is her half-brother. Not exactly what she was expecting to find out in her 50s…
Whoa, you told your schools about CC? What did you/they say? @stargirl3
@mathman1201 They’d never heard of it.
Oh, lol.
I feel honored to have been a part of this Historic CC moment!
@stargirl3 I talk to my daughter briefly almost every day. She also texts anything she urgently needs or wants like mouth guards or face wash or chocolate Cheerios. I love the quick 5 minute glimpses into her day. We actually talk more frequently, nicely, now than when she was at public school. She is just so much happier in an environment that fits her and she has more positive things to share.
@choatiemom My senior son not so much- although he did text us to let us know that he would not be sleeping on the couch in our basement for life as he had been accepted ED to college. Boys. Exactly.
This all give me great hope that I may get more info from soxgirl when she’s at boarding school next year. Now, if only she’d end up at the same school as soxboy and I could find out from her what her older brother is up to…
Since my mom only has boys, she might be feeling left out. Thanks for guilting me into texting her
^^^Our work here is done. 
No it’s not!! >:D<
@skieurope CALL YOUR MOM
GMCkid calls frequently and we have really great conversations. Maybe it’s because I am farther away, and can’t make it to watch games etc. She was also quite homesick at first, and we spent a lot of time working on that, so now the calls are built into her routine. I suspect that frequency of calls will decrease as she gets older, but for now I’m really enjoying the calls.
@stargirl3 you seriously crack me up! My fingers are selfishly crossed for you for Cate!
Since my parents live halfway across the world, it’s tough to maintain frequent contact. I’ve been trying, but BS life is super hectic, so maybe a FaceTime call once or twice a week is about it.
My roommate calls his parents every day.
I love this thread!..and I get what soxmom means…about asking each other for ‘hidden gems’ on how to keep the doors open. Texting has been amazing to stay close with my daughter. Always at bed time, mostly when she needs to vent, but also some silly stuff from us. I suspect that next year will be a lot harder on me, ugh. She won’t need me like she does in this first year. She’s coming home tonight and we are ready for her to crash. She just wants to finally be alone so I don’t plan to see her much for a few days. Sometimes the visits are hard because she’s a teenager, and in an environment where she is constantly training to be in charge…so coming home she feels a bit ruffled by having adults who want to do some parenting. I wanted to share a funny recent care package. On the last 2 breaks home I was trying to encourage her to do some shopping for a big formal dance… she really doesn’t like shopping and never wears dresses. Anyways it was a weird thing between us, she got really annoyed with me for wanting to be such an unethical consumer, (and my horrible taste) and refused to do it. Well… the dance finally arrived and a few days before she panicked when she realized she didn’t have anything. I said no problem. My younger daughter and I hopped in the car, and hit a bunch of stores being her personal shopper. We photographed a ton of clothes and shopped with her using text messaging. (She never would have handled this in person !!! ) A couple hours later shoes, stockings, and 2 dresses were express shipped to her school. She looked amazing, had a great time and I got to be the hero!
You may find that next year she has more time, since she is organized and secure in her social order; “in the groove” if you will, and you will move more on the continuum from “hero” towards “friend”. Don’t worry.
My child is not good at all about calling and just when I think I can’t stand it another moment, she calls and wants to chat. They are pretty much always great conversations but I would guess they average about once a week? Maybe twice? Maybe?
–Sandford clutching his (in this case, her) heart
@jdewey, you got exactly what I meant – “hidden gems on how to keep the door open” – what a great way to put it!