Not sure why I'm posting this, maybe to see if there's anyone else feeling the same.
I moved away from my family several years back and I only visit them once every few years. I moved out when I was young and started a family where I live now. I often regret moving so far away as I can't just go and visit them on the spare of the moment ( pre COVID).
Yesterday I did a face time chat for the first time with my parents, it's usually just phone calls. I haven't seen them for over two years and they look so different.
They have aged quite a lot and look much older than they are. They have several health issues too and it saddens me so much that I barely see them.
It's making me miserable really but moving closer isn't an option. I would have thought by now I would be used to living away from them, but seeing them look so vulnerable makes me feel like I've made a mistake moving so far away.