I so know how you feel…..We’ve been half way across the country to all the way across the country from our son/daughter-in-law/grandkids.
I grew up with my grandparents only an hour away and I hoped that when we had grandkids, we’d have the same experiences as our childhoods.
Unfortunately in this day and age, there are a lot of us in the same boat. We (as parents/grandparents, as well as our kids) have to go where the job(s) are.