Evening Cindy,

I loved reading your blog; it is true, texting takes so much out of family time, our own time, from just chit-chating with a friend to loosing our grammar skills--which I havent thought of before. I remember back when, and I'm not that old, that we were just coming out with beepers. Everytime we hear our "beeps" we'd run to a nearby payphone and call the number on the little gadget. Where are the payphones? I talked with my sixteen year old sister, and she forgot what a landline even was.... I dont know if she remembered us having a landline since our family depends on cell phones these days...cell phones for emergency, for personal, for business calls. There are advantages to cell phones but I never was a texter. You have to have a lot of patience and memory to keep with the conversation and mood. Say that you're angry, you end up breaking your phone cause you waiting for a reply and found your textee is cooking dinner instead of "chatting".

Anyway, I share your fustration.

Take Care,

Carlita