"In 2019, I relocated with my 12-year-old daughter and fiancé to Los Angeles, which is two hours away from the "family village" where I had grown up. All my family - siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents - all lived within 15 minutes of each other. I knew it was going to be a hard move for our nuclear family unit, but I was convinced LA was the right place for us to be."
"Before we moved, my dad was everything to me. He and my mom had split when I was young, so my dad had full custody. It was just the two of us all the time. When I had my daughter, my dad moved in with us and was there to help with all the practical aspects of raising a child. But he was also just there as emotional support for me. He made me complete."
A 39-year-old mother relocated with her 12-year-old daughter and fiancé to Los Angeles in 2019, leaving a tightly knit family cluster. All relatives had lived within 15 minutes of each other, and the move placed the nuclear family two hours away. The distance ended daily contact with her father, who had been primary caregiver and emotional support throughout her life and early parenting. After moving, visits occurred about once a month by train. Months later she experienced intense grief after two family deaths, felt overwhelmed and unable to function at times, and compared herself unfavorably to her father's emotional steadiness.
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