This week finds me in New York and away from my family–twice.  NYC for three days, home for three days, and then back to NYC again.  Why didn’t I just stay put for the whole week?  (Indeed, after multiple travel delays, I’ve been asking myself the same question…)

However, I wanted to see my family.  Staying in touch on the road is always a challenge.  And so, I was glad to run across this article–albeit a very short one–from About.com with tips on communicating with family members while traveling. As How to Stay in Touch with Family explains, tech tools like Skype and webcams make it a lot easier to feel connected.

One international lawyer supposedly raced back to her hotel every night to read her children bedtime stories via webcam. A perfect solution it is not, but it certainly helps.