Long Distance Grandma

You know ... being a long distance grandma really stinks.  I just got off the phone with my eldest daughter.  She has two children ... and I'm missing out on so much.  I've wrapped my entire world around children, mine and so many others ... and it kills me to not have the ability to hop on over to visit my daughter or grand babies.  This is a part of my life that I just want to stomp my feet and throw a temper tantrum and yell LIFE IS NOT FAIR.

But then, I realize that I raised this amazing girl who was self-assured enough to move thousands of miles away from home and made a life for herself ... and has a great husband and home.  Trouble is ... it's just too far away.   
We visit a couple of times a year.  How on earth am I going to be any kind of influence in those childrens' lives?  I long for the days when families stayed in close proximity.  This "global" world isn't so cool for me.