What he seems to need now, more than ever, is to be near his family.

She had been living in Connecticut for many years to be near her family.

At 70 she moved to the United States to be near my family.

You may have to study, attend a hospital for special treatment, go to work, be near your family.

The reasons are health, wealth and the desire to be near one's family.

"We can settle in England if you wish to stay near your family."

He even bought a home five minutes from campus to be near his family.

In 2002, she moved back to Houston to be near her family, which now includes seven grandchildren.

I also wanted to live near my family, to serve my parents after being away so long.

This was said by him to be in order to be near his family.