Sunday, January 10, 2010

Long Distance Grandparenting




As many of you already know, our oldest grandchildren live in the Los Angeles area. Visits with them come 2-3 times a year unless a big family event occurs

then 4 times has been the norm. Since our Indy granddaughter was born almost 6 months ago, I have noticed how amazing it is to see her more often than 2 to 4 times per year. It's really fun watching her learn new things, and she's growing up so fast! It got me to thinking about Ryan & Kyle and how much we miss of their lives not being able to see them more often.

Thus video chat has entered our home. It's was relatively simple to set up -- with the help of our Indy son and family members in California -- and is an amazing tool that allows us to actually "see" the boys, their mom and dad, their aunt and uncle from Encino, my sister and my niece who live in central CA.

Somehow it makes the distance fade away.