My family lives nearly 2,000 miles away from my mom, but my kids are still close to their grandma

The author's family lives almost 2,000 miles from his mother, but his daughters stay close with her through regular FaceTime calls and reading together through the Readeo app.

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• My kids live across the country from their only living grandmother.
• We've found ways to make the distance feel smaller.
• They have video calls, regularly set times to read together, and we visit when we can.

Living near your kids' grandparents is great. The pop-ins for bedtime stories.