Perspective on the US from an expat working in China

[Sundae]

I see the separation of family as a bad thing.
But I was the one to leave - my Grandad, parents, sister and family and brother and wife all live in the same town, he town I grew up in.

But I am daughter to parents who moved 60 miles away from their parents. I am sister to a woman who puts obstacles in the way of family get-togethers, I am sister to a brother who appreciates private in-jokes and I am niece to a man who went to the other side of the world.