I'm glad she's back to spend time with you. I know how worried you were that you were going to lose her, so this is wonderful news!

You know you can't protect her from everything, especially being hurt. But you'll never grow out of being concerned. I still am for my 26 year old and all the things she's going and has gone through. You just have to trust them to make the right decisions at the right time and that if they don't, you have to trust that they will be able to weather the storm the best way possible. Sort of the same way God trusts his children to live their lives.

23 and 19 isn't bad. I had a few thoughts about my daughter 26 and her now hubby 33. He's almost as close to my age as he is to my daughter's age. But it's ok--numbers, when they're adults, don't mean that much--especially when you're talking less than a 10 year difference.

Enjoy your time with her. She sounds like she's doing very well there and has adjusted quite nicely.