I hear ya Maz, very similar to you, my parents also migrated here and left all their family behind. It was only me, mum and dad. I can remember when I was about 4yrs old mum knew an elderly lady and she let me call her Nan, that was just the best. I loved going over to her house, she would give me cookies and have little surprises for me. Unfortuanately my children don't have grandparents either now, my mum passed away 17yrs ago and dad passed away 18mths ago. DH's family are all overseas so we send and receive lots of family dvd's and talk on the phone.

Regards,
Dianne