Nope, not one bit. I cannot control where my children live, move to, take jobs in another city, etc. I cannot follow them around the country for the remainder of my life. Same with grandkids, going off to different colleges in different regions and states. Nope, can't spend my time following them around the world.
They know where to find me. They come here, until their lives get too busy, or we go there.
Even if we lived in the same city, as they grow up they become more independent and their lives more full of social, scholastic, athletic, and professional activities.
My parents were the same way. I used to live within 625 miles of them in their retirement. Then I moved 2200 miles away. It was faster to get to an airport, fly there, rent a car, and drive over to see them then it was to spend the 10-12 hours humping up the state from South Orange County to Shasta.
My advice (worth every penny you spent to get it too), is choose where YOU want to live, and do the things YOU want to do with the time YOU have left. You cannot be a caboose for a family on tracks all over the place.
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Chino 1960's to 1976, Torrance, CA 1976-1983, 87-91, 94-98 / Frederick Co., MD 1983-1987/ Valencia, CA 1991-1994/ Brea, CA 1998-2002/ Dana Point, CA 2002-2019/ Knoxville, TN 2019-Current/ FL 2022-Current
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