"Visit" What's that?

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Do you visit? Do young people even know what the word visit means? Many years ago, especially on a Sunday afternoon, neighbors would pay a visit to another neighbor or relative, often enjoying a cool glass of sweet tea on the front porch while the kids ran around the yard or played marbles. I remember when I was a child in Portsmouth, Virginia, my sister and I would get in the family car with our parents and drive over to Norfolk to visit my mother's brother and his wife. They had a small yard, so we didn't play outside too much. Sometimes we'd drive to a local cafe for lunch, but usually my aunt cooked a big Sunday dinner. I remember pork chops, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes and gravy, biscuits, tomato pudding, and other dishes I can't recall. Wonderful memories. Now it seems that no one visits anymore. I have a cousin who actually came by today. He and my uncle (whose wife just passed) are about the only people who make the time to stop by for a visit. We're all too busy with "important" things to make the effort to see people face to face. What in this world are we so busy doing that's more important than people we love? People who won't be here forever.