My folks CHOSE to move AWAY from their kids! They retired from Indiana to Florida! So, we are about 18 hours away by car.... but only about 3 hours by plane! We always try to visit when we can, and they ALWAYS come to Indiana for a wedding, Christmas, and usually once a summer. We miss one another, but as others have said, fortunately we live in the age of technology, and we are only a phone call/email away from one another. I talk to my folks probably 3 or 4 times a week, and the emails can be even more frequent.