It's a small world

I cannot tell you how much I love my computer, my iPhone and modern technology.

Today I spoke with Bestest in London, my son in North Carolina and made plans with my grandchildren from Seattle.

I also had breakfast with six friends I met three years ago on a computer meetup club. Without a computer we could not organize this fifty woman club so that small groups of us can gather together and enjoy all our different interests.

I love the coffees at local coffee houses, the different restaurants we go to for lunch or dinner, the puzzle room we signed up for, the book clubs and there are many other options for people who like to get together in the company of women just for fun.

I play a sort of computer scrabble with my aunt in Indiana, a young speech pathologist in Springfield, a teacher in Memphis, my son and my retired chaplain friend and sometimes even my granddaughter.

I find out when concerts and plays are happening so my granddaughter and I can attend them. All without chopping down a single tree to make paper.

Even the Ironwood Ladies have moved into the computer age, texting each other to plan lunches and trips together.

Our technology brings us together in ways not even possible nineteen years ago. Had it been around I think my father might have lived a lot longer and had a much richer life. Who could have imagined that a grandmother in Illinois could read picture books to her grandchildren in Seattle, or a Canadian aunt living in Illinois could play with her twin nephews in Vancouver!