Gratitude day #18
Today I am grateful for modern technology.
I am grateful for devices that can put me in touch in an instant! It was only a few weeks ago that I was rummaging through a closet and found our first "car phone".
It was carried in a small suitcase.
We were limited to 30 minutes per month.
It was heavy. It was clunky. And, we were so grateful for it! It meant that we could travel across the country feeling a little bit safer if we broke down.
I recall our first computer. Again, we were limited to 30 minutes of being online (dial up), and thought we had died and gone to heaven when it was increased to 60 minutes.
My kids were becoming more and more adept at computers in school. I hadn't arrived yet, and it would be some years before I would.
One day, I thought I would try to improve my skills while they were playing and doing homework. I went into our downstairs office, dialed in, and waited for it to load. I was doing great!
Then, without realizing it, I had put some wonky address into the search bar, and very, very slowly...a man's rear end began to pixel in on the screen.
Oh.my.gosh. I couldn't get it off! It had frozen.
Right then, my son walked in to ask me something and saw what was on the screen. "MOM!!!" I was trying to explain and ask him for help, but this was a moment he felt he had to share with his siblings.
"Guys, come here and look at what Mom has on the computer!" They all came running, and I felt like wearing the cone of shame.
I didn't know how I got there. I didn't know how to get it off. My kids thought I was addicted to porn. They couldn't wait to tell Dad.
And, for months, I was receiving porn ads in my email.
Sigh...
In today's world, I practically have a computer in my hand. I can keep in touch. I can do research and look things up. I can waste time.
And, I can also keep in touch with nieces and nephews around the world. I can see their brand new babies, and have them take me on a tour of their new house.
I can also call Kerry in the basement.
Cell phones have been out about forty years, for which I am grateful. It will be exciting to see what's coming in the next forty years.
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