Why do you have to live so far away?

 

We all say this quote which is my title "Why do you have to live so far away?" We all have friends and families that live far away from us. 
Canada is a huge country, as a matter of fact the 2nd largest country in the world behind Russia! 
I have friends and families that live across Canada, even on the other side of Canada or in the United States of America which is so far! Even thought about going to visit my friends but its not cheap! Everything costs money now, but would be nice if everything was free. 
I attended 3 programs in Ottawa, Ontario where you get to meet students from across Canada and spend a week with them; Forum for young Canadians (April 2007), Encounters with Canada (April 2008), Democracy 250 (Sept 2008), this was a great experience and got to meet people from different cultures and build a close friendship with them. You basically spent 24/7 with them and at the end of the week there is tears rolling down your cheek when you have to say goodbye to your friends that you just met a week ago and were so close to them! You add them as a friend on facebook, get their email, phone number and other contact info to keep in touch with them and some you no longer keep in touch after a few weeks. You plan to get together but we don't realize that everything costs money and we all have busy schedules. I haven't had the chance to see anyone from these 3 programs since it ended. 
Also I attended 2 cochlear implant camps in Saint Louis since I am hearing impaired where it was the same, I was the only Canadian person there and the rest were American, at the end its so hard to leave each other. I was able to see two people after since i was lucky enough to be in that town when i was traveling with my parents. 
It would be nice if you could get to your destination with a finger snap! 
Everyday there is always that spot deep down in your heart that hurts because you miss people. But today we are lucky to have this amazing technology such as phones, email, internet, instant messaging (especially skype!) and so on, unlike back then when there wasn't many technological opportunities, like if you wanted to talk to someone you would have to mail them or go knock on their door. 
So that is one thing to keep in mind! It is hard but we are lucky to have this amazing technology around us.