School is finally out. So, I was taking this morning to sleep a little later than normal. I was awakened by the sound of my phone receiving a text. The text was a picture of my daughter taken some 3 years ago sent by my mother who never really uses her cell phone let alone texts. So, you know where my brain went to...WHO HAS KIDNAPPED MY MOTHER AND ARE THEY COMING AFTER MY DAUGHTER NEXT?!
Just then the phone rang. It was a call from my mother and I said hello several times with no response. All I could hear was loud conversation. I kept saying HELLO?! After awhile my mother's voice finally said Erika? Rick Beam is teaching me how to take pictures with my phone!! Can you tell?
Now, unless her phone has some weird time travel device I'm pretty sure she didn't mean she was learning to take pictures but instead Mr. Beam was teaching her to text, but she sounded so happy I didn't want to belabor the point. Several times over the years my sisters and I have attempted to teach our mother to use the phone portion of her phone thus the ancient picture of my daughter.
I kept trying to tell her I think you mean text mama! Is he trying to teach you to text? She couldn't hear any of my responses she just kept yelling into the phone I CAN'T HEAR YOU!! So I finally screamed I LOVE YOU MAMA!!
My parents are 76 and 80 years old. They are on a party bus on the way to Georgia. My husband and I are 41 years old. We were still asleep with no true gumption to leave the house today. What is wrong with this picture?!
1 comment:
I really love your blogs! This one about your mother and cell phone technology hit so close to home. I've spent the last 12 years trying to teach my mother how to use her cell phone. I've set up 4 new phones in 12 years, complete with voice mail she NEVER learned how to access - even though I walked her through it, set up her passwords, and WROTE DOWN THE DIRECTIONS!!! I even tried to switch her to Smartphone technology...here's a tip: if she can't figure out how to do more than send or receive on a push button flipphone, YOU'VE GOT NO HOPE! Texting? FB? Instagram? There's a better chance someone you know will hit the Powerball Jackpot! Gotta love moms! :-)
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