When I first started watching this video I thought “how sad would it be if you could only see the person you loved for only one night a year?” But then I thought that a lot of families DO have situations like that.
What if they have family members that are away serving in the military? What if they have children that have moved out to go to college? Or what if life just took family members in different directions and now life thousands of miles apart from each other? It is sad to think that there are so many families that are separated and don’t get to see each other as much as they’ed like to.
Even my little family is about to have something like that, but not to the thousands of miles extreme. I’ll be moving about an hour away from where my parents and younger brother live, and wont be visiting them quite as much anymore. But I do still see myself getting over there once a week or so. And at my new house my brother will have a room of his own to use while he’s here.
It’s a weird thing I think. Parents want their children to go out and have a successful life on their own, yet deep in their hearts they don’t want their children to wonder off to far.
Same with us kids. I remember so wanting to get out of the house and be able to live under my own roof, and be able to make my own rules. But now I do miss them being around telling me to take my shoes off, don’t drink from the carton, and be nice to your brother.
It is nice though that my parents have learned how to use Skype to video call, and my brother isn’t so connected to online that he will grab his bike and just ride down to my apartment to crash in unannounced.
So if you do have someone you love that you tend to only see once a year or so, I hope that in 2022 you’ll make an effort to connect with them a little more than usual.
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