Family help: I am 24 I just moved across the country because I recieved a huge scholarship. - Help.com

Moving away to go to school is a really traumatic experience, and it surely only feels worse having a major upset in your family with your mother passing away. I can tell you from my own experience that going away to school was hard, but the distance doesn’t change how much you love your family and how much they love you back. You should talk to your sister as often as you can. I called my brother all the time when I first went away to school. If it’s too expensive to do a long distance call frequently, there are free internet phone tools like Skype that allow you to both call for free, and even videoconference. You should also think about keeping a blog where you can write about your experience at school, and your sister can write back - and encourage her to do the same. Just remember that this is one of many growth stages you’ll go through in life, albeit a big one, and that you will be able to get through it, even if it doesn’t feel like you can, right now. Write back if you need to. Hope this helped.