My family is opposite from the last post.  My family lived next to my grandparents my entire life (they both passed away but we own the farm) but they were my dad's parents.  We rarely saw my mother's family.  I talked to my dad's parents every day and I rarely talk to my mom's family.  Two years ago, the only cousin on my mom's side that I even talked to died in a car accident at the age of 19.  My other cousin told me, at the funeral, that she didn't want me to go to hell when I died.  I have spoken maybe 5 words to her since.  While I will still talk to my grandma and my other aunts, I do not talk to her or her mother. 

I realized from this how easy it is to loose touch with family and remove them from your life.  It is sad how that can happen so quickly.