God loves your family, thus he gave more to be taken care off.. moving closer to one and each other family shows how much he loves you guys..
My wife is gifted on this as she is closer to her family by 15 minutes drive but for me, im still not very close, and lives apart of 3 hours drive to my parents, really understand your feeling those days while your father commute himself up and down from paris to Rambouillet, but he did it well those god offered nearby place on Saint Quen...
U had a wonderful childhood.. nice and god bless..