Reach out and touch someone
The thing that has struck me the most about my mom being in the hospital is the inability to pick up the phone and call her which is my daily habit. I remember when my grandmother died my mother said she wanted to be able to call her. Americans can’t live in extended families the way other cultures do, but we are still tied to the umbilical chord via the telephone. Traveling all over, I wanted so much to reach out and call and say I love you.