<human>: I have dear family that live in Australia (and I live in Canada) and I love these people so incredibly much, there's three families in total and I left Australia early-to-mid January, but I still miss and think about my dear family every day.

I feel a lot of heartache knowing that I'm so incredibly far away from people that I love more than words can describe. I know that the obvious answer is skype/viber/facebook, but people are busy and it doesn't compare. I'm also not that great at just 'chatting' compared to talking in person so how do I handle being so far apart?

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<bot>: How do you handle being so far away from loved ones? I know the obvious answer is skype/viber/facebook, but it doesn't compare and I know that they're not the type to do that.