whew! I'm glad ya'll are around, I really am.
Both my kids left home right at 18; she never really had an urge to come back home & is very proud of having made it on her own so coming back to live with momma was really hard for her to do. Added to that is the fact that my son also has come back to the nest for a short time.
I think I'd be less nervous if she were with some kind of group & didn't have such a rough time in the travel to get to where she was going. The airline made them put some of the carry on items in a under carriage stow & LOST her carry on for 2 days. Of course, hers & 3 others train tickets were in the bag
Although 4 went, they each are teaching in differant schools hours from one another. The other girls all got cool places to stay & people their age; she is living with an older woman (older even than her momma!) and not in the best of towns (it's under reconstruction & there's a "hood" she has to travel through no matter where she's headed). I really feel bad for her but knowing my daughter she will make the best of it no matter what.