Dawson: That late-night call from your parents – is someone dead!?

It’s late. The call or the text comes from your parents.
“You up?”
“You home?”
“Can we call you?”
The reaction is immediate: Oh dear God, who has died?
When you live far away from the people you love – I’ve lived away from my family for more than a half-decade now – a lot of your relationship happens over the phone, or FaceTime or text message or email. It’s great to hear from friends and family back home.
Sometimes, that unexpect