The theme for June is routine.
Journaling Reads:
My family lives very far away. And I’ve only traveled back home one time since my five-year-old son was born. Even though my parents try to visit me once or twice a year, I see my sister and nephews even more rarely than that. I always worried that my kids would never get to be close to my family.
All that was before video chat became so readily available. Now, everyday when I come back from picking up my son from school, we all sit at the table and chat with my mom and dad while we eat our lunch. We talk about our day, we make funny faces, we laugh. It’s like they are sitting right next to us.
I cannot tell you the joy those few moments give me. My one-year-old son is already so used to it that as I click to dial them, he already starts smiling and shrieks with joy when my mom’s face appears on the screen. This is the most I’ve talked to them since I moved to the United States. Actually it might be the most I’ve talked to them since l was a little girl. Video chats with my family are a daily routine in our house and I am really really grateful for this technology.
What software are you using to do this. I would love to do the same with our grandparents who are in the UK and we see maybe once a year.
We use both Skype and iChat. We all have Macs so iChat is an option for us but honestly Skype works more consistently so we use that more often 🙂
Ah, technology. It’s grand! It has shrunk the world in oh-so-important ways in the way that you mention. It has it’s shadow side for sure, but when you are focusing on using it for connecting like you do, well, it’s pure gold.
it sure is! pure gold!! 🙂