Same Same here my brother , My daughter and son in law and grandson opened a tavern in a town 2.5 hours away this year . They did live about 10 minutes down the road , key word "did" . Last month they sold the house here and bought one on 13 acres with a barn and a pond right square in the hill country of Texas. She already has her new job and he already has his , they have planned it for a long time .
Covid scares have kept our visits low this last year and we used to baby sit the grandson and eat family dinner together all the time .
We will miss them being around the corner for sure , but the good news is they are located only about 40 minutes from our place in the country .
It has been my son in laws dream to be his own boss and they purchased his grandfathers grocery store 3 or 4 years ago and built the bar and grill themselves right in the middle of the town on the square . The eatery is rocking hard and the income off it is really nice from what I hear . Sales are high , standing room only on the weekends .
None the less my grandson was at arms length and now it will be once in while the stars line up to go play with him . They sure are happy right now though and the son in law is also running his grandfathers ranch 3 days a week , he always loved being a rancher too.
My daughter is in upper level school management and to be sure they have a great chance to be happy and successful . I am very happy for them and also happy my grandson won't grow up in a big city .
That part of the world is so much different than living near a large town and everyone still waves at each other as they drive past them daily and his family lives down there too.
It's a win win in the end , but I will miss them living close to us .