Stay in touch

I have been visiting my aunt and uncle this weekend.

It is fun to see people who have known me all my life, to see my cousins and introduce my daughter to people she barely remembers from her childhood.

We had a wonderful time.

They live in a small back woodsy part of the country where some people, including my cousins, cannot get internet except through their cell phones. So, no cable and not much choice of who their phone providers are. That's hard for me to even imagine in this day and age.

Yet my aunt and uncle (who do have cable and regular internet service)  are the kind of role models we all need. Retired engineering professors in their mid seventies they are up to date in every way. My aunt has the latest iPhone, tablet, computer and opinions on everything.

She is not easily led down any path, not by her church, any one news station, or family or friends. They both know how to research everything and make an educated choice based on that.

I know a lot of younger people who are not so tenacious and well versed about this world we are living in now. People much younger who are dragged kicking and screaming into each new generation of technology and who vote for someone because their friends do.

We can't afford to lose touch anymore. Things move too quickly.