I love texting!

I love to text! I love the keys and the clicking. I'm addicted to the visual of the words jumping out with the click of the letters. Now to bring it down a notch or two, I have learned from my kids that texting is not less personal than calling, and sometimes it's a lot safer. I'm as "touchy feely" as anyone out there. I'm a master social worker for heaven's sake. But I have learned to receive a text rather than a call, without feeling rejected or neglected. I think we boomers feel that we have to hear that warm fuzzy voice on the other end of the our phone. But, now that we have the smart phone,which makes texting so easy, I'm asking you to try the alternative. Dig it! When your "20 something" child texts: Mom, my car won't start and I'm late for work; what should I do? You can just read it at your leisure and decide to think about it tomorrow at Tara, if you wish. Now, again, if it's 2am, you might have to rethink the Tara part. But, that's what makes it all so exciting! We get to decide when and how to respond, just like our kids do! And, its just business, not personal. "Oh, I must have been in the shower; I didn't know you texted me." Or "I was at the grocery, or the movie, or talking to a real person on the phone." And the next day, or on Sunday afternoon, you can all talk and laugh about the incident and how well they took care of the car,lost debit card, lost keys, etc.,just like we did back in the day when we had to hitchhike to a land line somewhere, regardless of the time of day or night, and call a tow truck all by our "littles", because our parents didn't have cell phones either, and they were at work, or asleep upstairs! So, boomer readers,take a lesson from your kids and enjoy your texting! It's more fun and a lot safer! They know!