Living Away: A Mother's Story of Letting Go

By Erika Bach Good

"As the plane slowly climbed into the deep blue Colorado sky, I couldn't stop the tears any longer and thought...what have I done to these kids?" This story is about my life twelve hundred miles from my two boys who chose to stay with their father instead of living with me, while I am living with a new husband in Colorado. The four year period of living apart from my boys was surprisingly easy for them, and intensely painful for me. I worked through the loss like a death, yet when I visited them, it was as if nothing had changed at all. My story is similar to others untold. As divorce numbers grow, so do moveaways like mine. Unlike other moveaways, I decided to ask the boys to choose their life, and abide by their decision instead of dragging them through a courtroom. By letting go of them, I was able to find myself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1105492362
• ISBN13: 9781105492365
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"