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

I left BR for Dallas when I was 19 and never thought about moving back. I am an only child and there were hard times around holidays for the parents but I made the drive as often as I could. And that was pre-49 so it was highway 1 from Shreveport. The 2 roughest times were when the kids came along. Every vacation was spent in BR. Things rocked along until they got older and started spending time in hospitals. I went down there once a week for several years, flying into MSY. The thought that kept me sane was I had 2 families to take care of. For me that kept guilt to a minimum.