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The unfiltered reality of parenting from a screen half a world away. From navigating homesickness and missing the boys to the endless life admin, late-night scrolling, and the raw emotional toll of letting your babies chase big dreams. Written between the cracks of a full-time job, mostly — and the light of a phone screen at midnight, from Marcia's POV.

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(Left to right) Hunter training at Mercyhurst, Mum with her boys, Cooper departing NZ from Auckland airport

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The Te Ratanas · 28 Sep 26 · 9 min

"Big travel. Big feelings. Concussions. College Life. Admin drama. Unanswered calls. Jetlag. Growing boys. And a Mum (and Dad) trying to work out where the hell she fits into it all. 🫠 The boys are doing their thing on the other side of the world, which is exactly what we wanted for them… but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy watching them grow up from 12,000km away. Sometimes parenting is making decisions, chasing things, paying for things, worrying about things… and sometimes it’s sitting there staring at WhatsApp wondering why the hell you’re still on “unseen”. 😂"