It's normal for little Smallsteps to miss you, especially if it's the first time you've parted ways... think when the roles will be reversed and she will maybe go to university, but life is like this, it flows forward quickly and, even these , which are special moments, you must fully enjoy them and impress them on your mind.
As far as small steps are concerned, you and I travel in harmony, many things we think in the same way.
However it goes there are sacrifices to be made, better small and a little at a time, in any case if reasoned and reflected and well planned, the sacrifices also bring due satisfaction.
Having made the tickets myself, it may have turned out to be a useful thing, not necessarily good but probably comfortable right?
You can write and maybe relax and sleep a bit during the journey, or maybe think a bit, when I'm on the train I always make great philosophical reflections 😁
We have been apart prior, but she was a bit younger, so it didn't have the same impact - time moved differently and was less significant for her perhaps. It is going to kill me when she leaves!! :D
I think the sacrifices we make are important. They help us better understand the world. Some people try not to willingly sacrifice anything and they end up paying an even larger cost.
This has been the "easy day" and I am only just getting a chance to reply! :D
When he goes his way, a part of you will suffer for it and how could it be otherwise for a father?
But I am sure that he will become a very nice person and he will spend your life and taking his path the pain will be mixed with pride.
We live and give all of ourselves to our children just to prepare them and be ready for the moment they will fly with their wings, to see them go sad but that's what they "worked" for a lifetime.
Did you have a good trip?