I haven't seen my parents for a very long time. And during these long years I gradually lost the connection with them. I only greet them with cards on special occasions like Xmas and meet them online irregularly.
My idea is starting a new tradition of sumitting a detailed report reflecting everything that happened with me during the past 12 months - in order for them to know about all my successes and failures, my plans and my annual progress.
I'm going to start it next New Year 2006.