Children love getting things in the mail and receiving the funny meme, story, video by WhatsApp or messenger or text. My mother is currently a big user of the family WhatsApp group sending interesting articles, the odd joke and most importantly writing short messages to which she gets quick responses keeping her and her grandchildren connected. Cards, letters and small gifts of money arrive regularly in addition to the text messages. It lets them know that that their grandmother was thinking about them often and helped cement the foundations of a long distance relationship from when the grandchildren were very young. Corresponding often is the best thing to do and it doesn’t have to be long letters. Postcards, short e-mails, and even texts help you stay in touch.