Surrounded but alone
Today I feel surrounded by family but I am really all alone. My parents are actually on the same continent as I am for a change, they are in Austria right now and we are sms’ing back and forth (Mom is beginning to catch on how that works). Tim is on a business trip in Japan (reference his blog) but staying in touch. I just called my great-grandmother in Oklahoma to congratulate her on her 95th birthday and felt like she was almost right next door. And my sister in Florida is going to call soon so we can catch up!
You know, when my great-grandmother was born in 1912, staying in touch wasn’t nearly this easy. I think of my grandfather who emigrated from Germany to the US in 1922, looking for better work; he was in the US for some time before he brought his mom and siblings over to join him, and I imagine it wasn’t that easy for him to stay in touch with his family in Germany either. I am lucky to be alone but still feel surrounded by family thanks to modern technology. I suppose I’ll only have to wait another 20 years or so before the telephone is video-based, that will be even more “face-to-face” contact .. no pajama calls then!
on May 16th, 2007 at 21:59
would you believe those cam-phones are already reality and in Japan? tell Tim to pick one up for you while he’s there.
i know what you mean though, sometimes the stars aren’t in alignment no matter how many of them there are. that and, when lucy goes on business trip, i get…to play hours and hours of my favorite online game without having to sleep or shower or anything…
:-P
yeah, i would miss her too and really appreciate the fact that we’re married and that i’d only have to be solo for a few days and not the rest of my life. theres only so much time you can spend on a game…*grins*
on May 16th, 2007 at 22:43
Wow, 95 years… that’s amazing.
on May 20th, 2007 at 17:07
by now tim should be back by your side.