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by Novel

Jun 4, 2017

Third attack in three months :-(

My two daughters live in London and both work in that area. It took a while to find out they were all right. Some poor families re finding out their lovd ones are not all right...

Novel Sorry about typos.

Jun 4, 2017

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men52 Yes, Novel, your country is in our thoughts. Our daughter lives in London, too. She called us to tell us they are ok before the news had hit here in the states. We live in a scary world. She lived there when the tube stations were hit(she wasn't aware of what was going on and just took another route to work that morning). Only two of them made it t...See More

Jun 4, 2017

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Novel men52, how long has she been in London? How old is she? She's a long way from home and you must miss her. We live about 3 hours from there on a good day. I expect she has a whole life and support network set up already but, if she ever needs help, let us know.

Jun 4, 2017

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men52 Hi Novel. My daughter will be 36 in September. I think she mived there in 2004 right after college. She had done her study abroad semester there in college earlier and fell in love with the city. We were there last summer for her wedding-and yes, she married a Brit. He's not from London, but from the city that won the Premier football championship ...See MoreHi Novel. My daughter will be 36 in September. I think she mived there in 2004 right after college. She had done her study abroad semester there in college earlier and fell in love with the city. We were there last summer for her wedding-and yes, she married a Brit. He's not from London, but from the city that won the Premier football championship last year. I don't remember how to spell it. They bought a flat in London so I would say they will be staying there for a very long time with that commitment.

Yes, of course we miss her, but first with Skype and now with FaceTime, we keep in frequent communication. She usually gets here for a short visit once a year. She spent a year in France as an exchange student when she was 15 so she broke us in a very long time ago on not seeing her for long periods of time. Back then there no personal computers, no email, no cell phones so our only communication was by letters and a very occasional phone call from a phone booth. This is our youngest daughter who wouldn't leave my side until she was almost 8 years old in social situations. Obviously she overcame those fears.

Thank you for the offer but she has been there for so long that she has quite a wide circle of friends now. Like she said and after our visit last summer we know, London is a very large city. Sometimes we would hear about things in the states on the news that happened there before she would know. The news here would make a big deal about it where one would think the entire city was affected, when in reality it occurred in a very tiny area in a very far away part of the city. It's like when exchange students come to the states and they think they can drive to California for the weekend and not realize how vast the miles the US is.

With two daughters living in London, you must make frequent trips there then. We loved the city. What was interesting to me was that I always felt safe in London, unlike I do when visiting a large city here. We witnessed a shopkeeper yelling and chasing a thief while we were walking down the street one morning. It happened quickly. If the same thing had happened here, I would have immediately ducked for cover.

Nice chatting with a new friend in England!

Jun 5, 2017

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Novel It's lovely talking to a new friend in America:-)

Jun 7, 2017

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