Thank(mas): Technology

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When I was about nine it struck me that my family was growing up, and we wouldn't always be close together. I remember telling my mom that night that I wished we would stay young forever.

What I didn't count on at age nine were a couple things that make growing up way more exciting than sad. One, as you grow you learn and change along with life. Our family is changing, and sharing it with each other. Its fun to watch us become husbands, wives, parents, counselors, professors, or social workers. Its fun to continually appreciate our 6 (or now 8) unique personalities and all we can learn from each other.

Second, is technology - which helps us share our lives. At nine, I didn't know or didn't realize that there was technology like cell phones, or internet, and laptops were the stuff of legends.

Cell phones allow me to easily and immediately communicate with my parents, siblings and friends, all around the country.

They allow me to get pictures like this in the middle of a work-day. (Which makes the day just a little happier)

Facebook lets my siblings and I have one continuous digital conversation that we can add to when each of us have time.

Facebook lets my camp family share updates, articles, pictures or stories quickly with everyone. 

Facebook lets my family share pictures of what is going on in our lives.

Skype lets me see the face of people on the other side of the country. To see their reaction, to let non-verbal cues be a part of communication again.

I can edit videos of my life to share with others. I can store photos. I can quickly write thousands of words and save hundreds of documents.

Technology is a gift of our age, that makes separation that much easier. 

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