
I grew up with distant Grandparents. Not emotionally - they were wonderful when we had a chance to see them - but physically. Our family was nomadic for much of the 70's, and our wanderings took us far from my parents' parents. What this meant is that my sister and I saw our grandparents a couple of times a year at best. I loved seeing them. My sister and I flew up to northern Ontario for a couple of weeks every summer. Those were the best of times - long northern summer days in the woods with my cousins and [...]