Long Distance Families

I have always known that I had family scattered around the US but didn't really know them too well. In the last couple years I have gotten to know my family and have gotten close to them. It's a pain that I can't describe to well, when I think about how far away they are and how expensive flights to Texas and Idaho are. My number one wish is that I could see my family whenever I wanted to and not have to worry about traveling across the country and spending hundreds of dollars to do it. It's so sad to have gotten so close with my cousin Julia that she's like a best friend only to have to say goodbye and only see her once or twice a year.

Now not only do I miss my cousins in Texas and Idaho but I have to think about family moving away from here, HOME. My family is really small but my extended family of cousins is so close and I love them very much so it kills me to think that we may not be together forever and that I may have the same pain of missing them that I do my cousins out west and down south. I have a dream of working in politics and that dream may take me to Washington DC in a year or two but I will be just as happy working in CT so that I can be close to my family. Family is the most important thing in the world. Without it what do you have left? I say nothing worth a dime.