Family Distance Quotes

I'm thankful God has given us the technology where we can see each other through Skype on the computer. It's not the same thing, but at least we can see each other. Imagine the time before when that wasn't available and people had to go defend our country. It's really hard. I go two weeks without seeing my family and I go crazy.

I have two younger sisters, and during those first four years when I was in Argentina, I wasn't around to see them grow up. It was very hard for all of us because missing out on that period and not seeing them grow up was tough for me.

Being an only child, I didn't have any other family but my mom and dad really, since the rest of my family lived quite far away from London.

I feel guilty about spending so much time away from home and loved ones.

I've never been super close to family. I've never relied on anyone.

My mom and I weren't that close when I was growing up because she was gone seven days of the week; she was always in church.

No amount of success - whatever that means, quote-unquote success - no amount of success replaces the reality of being separated from my family for this long.

I didn't like the distance between my family and myself that I was experiencing from having to work all the time.

I've been away from my family even when I was in France.

Living without my children in Manchester has been incredibly challenging for me.

Obviously, it's tough - missing my parents, family in general - but I'm getting used to it. It's the life, and hopefully I'll get some time to go home maybe for a week or a bit to catch up on things.

I definitely understand what it's like not having family around when you want them there, but you don't live in the same city.

When I began working in Yahoo, my family moved with me. Despite our efforts, our kids wanted to study in Los Angeles, and I was forced to see my family and friends only on weekends. In the beginning I even enjoyed it, but knew that at some stage I'd want to go back home.

To have one's mother-in-law in the country when one lives in Paris, and vice versa, is one of those strokes of luck that one encounters only too rarely.

All of Bengal knows about my differences with my father. He's based in Mumbai. I never visit him. He never visits me. We are not enemies. But neither are we friends.

The hardest part about touring is being away from family and friends. When you're gone for a long time, it's especially hard for me to remember to keep in touch with certain people because there's so much going on on the road.

Since I was 15, I have not spent a Christmas or a New Year with my family.

The hardest part is to travel, and to be away from your family.

I think Mum's got a second cousin who's an accountant, but we never talk about him.

My contact with my dad's side of my family got less after we stopped living together, but they were in my life.

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

Even though my grandparents live overseas and are so far away and we talk as much as we can, we don't see each other that often.

I was 14 in Barcelona, and when I initially went there, I didn't see my mum for six months and my dad for four months. Australia is far from Spain, but I don't remember how long or how short the days felt. I think what was most difficult for my parents was that if anything went wrong, they couldn't say, 'OK, we'll be there in a couple of hours.'

I would really like to spend more time with the family. Every time I go abroad I miss them all dreadfully.

Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.