re: How do you deal with the guilt of living far away from your aging parents?

Dad joined the Marines when he was 18 and stayed in the Marines for 32 years. He did not get to see his Dad that often due to where we lived, military commitments, etc.

I never saw his Dad other than when he was two and when my grandfather was about a week away from dying of cancer.

My little sister lived at the farm for years, mostly because it gave her a really nice, free place to live. She never did much to take care of my parents. She did end up inheriting most of the farm, so she worked them quite well.