Now that I'm a mom, I miss my own mom more than ever?

Does anyone else feel this way? I live about 23 hours from my family, and would give anything to be closer now, especially to my Mom. I get a lot more emotional now when I think about my mother, I wonder if its because I'm a mother now. I feel so sad that she is missing out on so much of her Granddaughter's first year, crawling, first words, first steps etc.