Skype is a marvelous thing. With family all over the world, literally, it’s nice to be able to communicate in a more semi-intimate way. I mean I can see them... on my computer screen, but still, I can see them. I can see the picture my nephew Ben drew for me all the way over in San Antonio. I can see the facial expressions my sister gives me while lecturing me on dating while she’s in Seattle. I can see my Dad’s goofy grin that he gets to share with everyone over in London. I get to see the chaos that ensues over in brother’s house in Abu Dhabi. And if my brother Michael would skype me I would get to see a glimpse of my home land of Nova Scotia, but hopefully that will happen eventually.
Something like Skype is such an amazing blessing, how we are able to communicate world wide so effortlessly is unbelievable. I can carry on conversations thousands of miles of way. I can joke and giggle, and people in response can laugh at how funny I think I am. I once played a game of apples to apples over skype with some friends all the way over in Arizona, AMAZING. In just the last hundred years alone we have come so far with communication. Next up holograms, and after that teleportation. Really though in all seriousness it makes me incredibly happy to stay in touch with friends and family from all the places I’ve been. For a moment I can set up a skype date and be a part of their lives again. It keeps us connected, and that surely that is a blessing.
I have had similar thoughts recently about how wonderful Skype is! It is such a blessing to be able to communicate with people so far away! I know some missionaries use it now to talk to their families back home on holidays, businesses use it to conduct long distance interviews, and people like me use it to stay connected to my far away friends. It really is an incredible invention.
ReplyDeleteYour family really is all over the world! That is SO cool! My family and I Skype every Sunday and it's so cool to get to stay in touch with them this way. Of course, there are always phone calls that keep us in touch but there is just something about getting to see them that makes it that much easier to be involved in each others' lives. It's such a great tool that I'm happy you get to utilize, too!
ReplyDeleteAmen! It is so nice. I even see my dog at my parents via skype. A little crazy but so nice.
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