hoping this works out - i don't see my family that often, and for whatever reason (probably because i'm out of the way/in the middle of nowhere, comparatively), they rarely come see me. my sister visited once when we were at the old house. my parents once at the old house, once at the new. i've been living in the city for twenty years next year.
my nephew will be 11 shortly. wild how quick the time goes. i remember just after he was born, coming to visit my sister after visiting my old hometown for a friend's wedding. my nephew had been born literally the week prior. here, said my exhausted sister, and handed him over to me. and we sat on her back deck with my partner and parents and chatted, all while the tiny baby lay fast asleep in my arms.