Where to live

[VividGreenLion]

My mum died 5 years ago and my dad died when I was a teenager. Since my mum died I've moved house (and area) twice and now also have a 2 year old. I'm really lonely where we live. No friends or family in area and wfh. My grandparents, mum's husband, and all my friends still live in my hometown and I always get an urge to move back as i'm lonely in the week with my little one but I always get a huge doubt that I'll move back and it'll hit me that it's not company that I'm missing but actually my mum. Am I better just trying to build a new life/network instead of trying to cling to the life that I've left behind?

Sorry for your loss OP. I would say that you must be relatively young with a two year old and so take the plunge and move where your "heart" is leading. No where needs to be forever - if you don't like it you can move on. At this age (your DC) it may be nice to put down roots that relate to your mum and the two of you can share places and make new memories in a place that is important to you and is also part of your child's heritage

I would definitely move back. Even if it's just short term and you get to be around family and old friends, it sounds like it would do you good. I'm really sorry for the loss of both of your parents that must be very hard to take. X