Birthdays....
Today, my mother-in-law would have turned 60. Happiest Birthday wishes to you in Heaven, Linda. We miss you so very much.... and are reminded of you in one way or another each day. Today, it was dilly bars. We "celebrated" your special day with the kids by bringing home dilly bars----- something you always went out of your way to bring with you whenever you came to visit us. Such a simple, silly thing but I'm quite certain the 5 of us will forever think of you whenever we're treating ourselves to those yummy DQ treats :) Time has allowed our hearts to heal and move forward, memory has allowed us to hold you close always. If you were here today, I'm quite certain that all of us who loved you would be having a little shindig in your honor---one way or another whether you wanted it or not!!!
and other things.....
Ironically, as I was sitting at dance today waiting for Sophia to finish up, I saw something that made me probably stare a little too long... Here's what it looked like:
Mom and daughter walked holding hands out of the women's bathroom (the daughter looked to be about 2). In the mom's free hand was an i-pad or some other type of electronic tablet type thing. Normal enough for this day and age? Yes.
Where it got weird was the fact that she (the mom) was enthralled in watching something on the electronic device and the daughter (2 yrs old at most) literally led her out of the bathroom and back to their table with the mom glancing up maybe just once or twice.
All I can say, and this is me be 100% judgemental, is "How in the heck did we get here?" No one talks to each other anymore---- surely this mom was completely offline with her kid while watching whatever it was she was watching/studying on the ipad...... but further--- you get in an elevator and everyone pulls out their phone and checks it. No more small talk. No talk at all for that matter. You walk down the streets and everyone has their head buried down, studying their phones or electronic devices, just like this lady from dance had today. Sitting in doctors office waiting rooms and even waiting for food at a restaurant---- everywhere you look, there are enormous numbers of people with their heads buried in their electronics, tuned out from the present world and tuned in to everything virtual and disconnected. Yes, there you have it---- 100% judgmental, 100% opinion. NEVERTHELESS, I should also say that I'm at times just as guilty of this disconnection thing--- especially in places where I really don't want to make small talk (like the elevator in my parking ramp at work or waiting in line at Jimmy John's).....Anyway.... Enough of my rant. All I'm left to say is that I hope the lady with the ipad stuck to her hand coming out of the bathroom at least washed :-). gross. I wonder where she put it when she was sitting on the toilet!?!?
