Communication v. Distance

So recently the family cat died. She had been extremely healthy for about 15 years until about two weeks ago when she started having seizures. My dad took her into the vet and they ran some blood tests and decided she likely had a brain tumor that had grown large enough to push into her brain, causing the seizures. So they put her down. That was kinda sad, but she had a good run of it. And she left us with lots of funny memories, like when I was younger me and my brothers would have nerf gun wars in the house when mom and dad were out. One time I pulled a sweet James Bond and burst into my brother Logans room guns blazing. I didn't get him but I shot the cat out of his second storey window by mistake. She made the funniest noise I have ever heard, fell into a bush, and by the time we ran downstairs to see if she was okay, she was as cool as ever, chillin in the grass like nothing had ever happened.

The whole situation made me realize how lucky our (my) generation is. Here I am halfway around the world, and I could keep in touch with my family throughout the whole process with zero difficulty. Relatively new communication innovations like skype have revolutionized both communications and travel. "Back in the day", you could only communicate by letter, or ridiculously expensive phone calls, or, I have decided, only by morse code and messenger pigeons. (I have no idea if that is historically accurate or true but it sounds good).

Now with Skype, and a cheap upgrade I purchase yearly, I can call virtually any phone in the world, at any time of day, and talk to whomever answers. This enables me to phone my brother on his cell, or call my parents at home, work, the cabin, in the grocery store... I can also use it to call travel agents, and sort out student loans, etc. Its brilliant, and it erases the distance between the people I love.

SO distance, considered yourself beat by communication. Until you try and fly home, that still takes ages....

VS