Is it going to be a permanent move suzieboxer ? I ask,because I know how you feel right now.
My daughter and SiL announced they were going to live in NZ. I was saddened, but understood. Then she found out she was expecting my first granchild. I was heartbroken.
I went out for the birth but it wasn't a happy experience. We didn't communicate much after that, time difference, and this was in the days before Skype. I reconciled myself to not seeing my grandson ever again. And so we sold up and moved over 100 miles to be nearer our son and DiL who'd just had GS2..
Then suddenly just before Christmas 2007 she phoned to ask if we could put them up in our spare rooms while they looked around for a house of their own. They were coming back to England.
So things aren't always permanent and if, in your case they are, then in years to come you might consider moving nearer to them perhaps.
I'm not offering advice just hope.
So, there's always