I guess, like most things, we don't realize how things "hurt" until it happens to us personally.

My sister and her family live in the mid-west and my brother lives out in Montana. I stay here in Florida for one reason - my parents. They are in their 80's and I just can't leave them alone - so when the kids leave - eventhough we want to move closer to them -- my parents need us more than they do so here we'll stay ---

It just seems a shame that we have to make choices like that -- I would fit right in with those huge families that all live on the same block [Smile]