Despair

There are days when I despair.  I text the kids at 7:15am every day when they have school; so as they have enough time to respond and get ready.  Yet, quite often after I have texted three or four times I still get nothing back from them.

They are only 6 & 7, but they know it's me.
Even my 14 year old nephew sometimes doesn't text me.
It's soul destroying.

Really and truly.
How do other parents cope with this?
Who do they turn to.

I feel alone.  No one to share anything with no one to tell how I feel.  My family here in the UK are a little dismissive saying I should call all the time; yet with no income for the expensive calls how does one do it?

What does one do?
It makes me a 41 year old man want to just turn around and cry.
Can't believe that I am "out of sight, out of mind".

The only person who always texts back is my sister in law - Tina.  Her husband is Jenny's (wife's) brother.  She and I get along very well.  I miss her and her kids too.  I miss all the kids, they were the best part of my life.