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[quote=Anonymous]Haven't seen 42 yr old  daughter for 2.5 years due to pandemic. Finally came,  but could stay 4 days due to work. Oh, and got COVID in doing so...vaxxed and boosted.   Now she has serious health issues, not COVID related btw,  but serious involving long term needs,  and so we literally are temporarily move there to help out. Quitting jobs to do it, too.

Yeah, Facetime and  texting doesn't really cut it. Some people don't really enjoy that or feel the need to constantly text or call,  but months go by. You can only send so many cute memes and anecdotes of the week. When you live closer, not necessarily in the same area, but a reasonable travel distance,  sharing lives is easier to facilitate.  Living a great distance apart doesn't encourage  that- it fosters independence of each other in terms of general daily life,  the things that kerp you connected. And then there is the odd pandemic no one considered.

But, I'm  not encouraging  people to not move and be independent adults. I'm just saying the "family" doesn't stay. [/quote]

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