Losing Contact
During those first few weeks, Dale tried to contact his daughter, but she was farther away from home. It had been hard enough while she lived with him. He knew that it would be a serious struggle to keep in regular contact with her once she was living somewhere else.
It Made Him Sad
This made him sad, especially when he learned that she picked a college for that reason. He couldn’t visit and check in. It was really hard for him to witness her so easily disconnecting and seeming to settle in to life without him so easily.