history: i really miss my family. it's hard to be 800 miles away i really miss my family. it's hard to be 800 miles away I bet! Hopefully you can take some time off and go see them soon! it's really hard to do that in a one income household. 
current: I understand, I'm sure your family misses you as well. Maybe you can meet half way for the holidays.
next: they won't even bother there are too many of them and always say it's cheaper for you guys to just come down.