Being Far Away Archives - Miles Away Grandparenting https://www.milesawaygrandparenting.com/category/being-far-away/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:43:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 161518632 What you might be feeling as an out-of-town grandparent. https://www.milesawaygrandparenting.com/2022/01/23/what-you-might-be-feeling-as-an-out-of-town-grandparent/ Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:00:13 +0000 http://www.milesawaygrandparenting.com/?p=37 “I can’t talk right now,” your dear friend says when she answers your phone call. “Maggie just dropped by with the kids and they’re helping ... Read more

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]]> 37 Working and playing with grandkids — 2,000 miles away. https://www.milesawaygrandparenting.com/2021/09/23/working-and-playing-with-grandkids-2000-miles-away/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 23:19:52 +0000 https://www.milesawaygrandparenting.com/?p=2374 “Gram, I’m in a panic. Can you help?” She can be a tad dramatic, my granddaughter Charlotte, then age 9. (But it’s just the right ... Read more

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]]> 2374 Challenges of connecting with a young faraway grandchild. https://www.milesawaygrandparenting.com/2021/08/23/challenges-of-connecting-with-a-faraway-grandchild/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:39:40 +0000 http://www.milesawaygrandparenting.com/?p=39 “Hi, Lauren. It’s Grandpa! How are you, sweet baby? Are you having a good day? Grandpa loves you sooooo much!”  After that little bit of ... Read more

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]]> 39 Um, about that grandparenting dream you had … https://www.milesawaygrandparenting.com/2021/07/30/um-about-that-grandparenting-dream/ Fri, 30 Jul 2021 16:09:58 +0000 http://www.milesawaygrandparenting.com/?p=21 What everyone has said is true: there’s nothing as splendid as being a grandparent. You know it and I know it. When she became a ... Read more

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]]> 21 Faraway grandkids? 10 tips for a December to remember. https://www.milesawaygrandparenting.com/2020/11/26/faraway-grandkids-10-tips-for-making-it-a-december-to-remember/ https://www.milesawaygrandparenting.com/2020/11/26/faraway-grandkids-10-tips-for-making-it-a-december-to-remember/#respond Thu, 26 Nov 2020 19:52:30 +0000 https://www.milesawaygrandparenting.com/?p=2143 Sure, I’d love to have my grandkids coming over to help bake cookies and decorate the tree — but that’s not going to happen. But ... Read more

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