I see you went to see the Cherry Blossoms in DC for a staycation. And seeing as you live only 50 miles away from there its not a problem to travel.  Your parents who live two hours away from you would have loved to have been there with you and your kids too I would think. Family does that, want to stay together ... or so I thought.

  See I live between you and DC, I have for a number of years. I cant be more than a half hour drive. Granted the logistics, the kids, okay there's that ....

But you dont write either .... How can I -not- look at this as, well my being non-existant to you ... if it helps, your not the only one ... looking back at our family I see a long history of dysfunction. I'm learning that word the more I think about them .. us.