Living Apart

 
Guest written by our friend Katie Callahan

My mom and I really hate living so far apart but we try to come up with ways to make the distance seem like less. For example, not too long ago we both got DIRECTstarTV.com satellite and now we have a standing weekly appointment to watch a movie we’ve been wanting to see on one of the premium channels. That way we can talk about it afterwards and it doesn’t feel like we live so far, afterall! I really wish I could afford to fly out to Texas more than about twice a year but it gets really expensive and I don’t have a ton of time off work, anyway. I love what I do but I sure wish it was in Texas with mom and gave me a little more flexibility! I’m trying to come up with another way we can stay in touch and I think a cooking classmight be the answer…we’ll see! Either way, mom loves chatting with me every day and I need it, too!