Tom, First, it does not sound "wimpy" to miss your W. In fact it is the bravest thing in the world that we all have in common here on these boards. We could have chosen to bail out, to leave, to protect ourselves but instead we choose pain and how to deal with that pain so that we can have something better one day.
Second, you are spot on with the truth. There is a time for the truth also and a time to be vague and you have chosen the right words for your daughter for now.
Keep up the work on yourself, make sure you are pursuing the goals for yourself.
Formerly "missherlove"
Me49 XW49 M17 T19 S16 D20
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.