Not so long ago, keeping in touch with Grandma meant slipping up the street for a slice of peach pie served up with town gossip, home remedies for the kids, and a bag of fresh tomatoes to take home. For today's far-flung families, however, leisurely drop-in visits are harder to come by. But the stuff of daily life is still what holds families together--the weird jokes cousin Bonnie tells, the way your brother's face looks when he laughs, the fact that Uncle Andy always loses at cards. The question is, How do you share all that richness with loved ones who live hundreds of miles away?
As we have with so many other creative challenges, we put the question to FamilyFun magazine readers. In your wide array of replies, the old-fashioned postal system figured prominently (albeit with very creative twists). But you also impressed us with your command of modern technologies, from audio- and videotape to fax machines and the Internet. Instead of "slipping up the street" to see Grandma, families now cruise up the information superhighway. Of course, nothing substitutes for a face-to-face chat over a good pie. But when it comes to staying in touch, our readers have found the next best things to being there.
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