One thing I can always count on so far from Liam is a good laugh everyday. He makes more funny faces in a day than I can count. Some of my favorites are his 'mad face' when he is crying. It is so sweet, I have a bad feeling that he's going to get what he wants in life (only from his Mom, of course). I also like it when he laughs, and doesn't even realize he's laughing. The very best thing about having my new schedule of only working 3 days a week and having Courtney and Liam there everyday is the amount of face time that I get with the whole family more often than I deserve. Face time is a long lost value in our culture. We are so good at instantly mass communicating now that genuine, personal interaction is undervalued and overwhelmed by technology. That is one of the reasons I've started blogging (other than the obvious desire to listen to myself talk). But I hope it will cut down on my "have to check my email" attitude so I can spend that time talking to family, friends and especially God, who to my knowledge doesn't have a cell phone or email account. I hope we don't fall into this trap of not spending quality time with people because we don't have to in order to get the necessary information to get us through the day. Remember before cell phones when if someone wasn't home to left a message on an answering machine and were happy to be called back two days later. And then people got mobile and we could expect to be called back within a half of a day. Now that isn't good enough and we send a text message and know that we are going to get an immediate response and if we don't, we just don't know what we'll do with ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I'm a texter and the technology in place is wonderful for many reasons, emergencies are a great example. But people had to make a lot more executive decisions before we could get so much instant 360 degree feedback on every thought. Let's get back to decision making. I'm going to make the decision to stop writing this and go hang out with Courtney and Liam. I'm interested in a good conversation and a good laugh. Cheers,
One thing I can always count on so far from Liam is a good laugh everyday. He makes more funny faces in a day than I can count. Some of my favorites are his 'mad face' when he is crying. It is so sweet, I have a bad feeling that he's going to get what he wants in life (only from his Mom, of course). I also like it when he laughs, and doesn't even realize he's laughing. The very best thing about having my new schedule of only working 3 days a week and having Courtney and Liam there everyday is the amount of face time that I get with the whole family more often than I deserve. Face time is a long lost value in our culture. We are so good at instantly mass communicating now that genuine, personal interaction is undervalued and overwhelmed by technology. That is one of the reasons I've started blogging (other than the obvious desire to listen to myself talk). But I hope it will cut down on my "have to check my email" attitude so I can spend that time talking to family, friends and especially God, who to my knowledge doesn't have a cell phone or email account. I hope we don't fall into this trap of not spending quality time with people because we don't have to in order to get the necessary information to get us through the day. Remember before cell phones when if someone wasn't home to left a message on an answering machine and were happy to be called back two days later. And then people got mobile and we could expect to be called back within a half of a day. Now that isn't good enough and we send a text message and know that we are going to get an immediate response and if we don't, we just don't know what we'll do with ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I'm a texter and the technology in place is wonderful for many reasons, emergencies are a great example. But people had to make a lot more executive decisions before we could get so much instant 360 degree feedback on every thought. Let's get back to decision making. I'm going to make the decision to stop writing this and go hang out with Courtney and Liam. I'm interested in a good conversation and a good laugh. Cheers,
3 comments:
I am so lucky that I get to see this most handsome almost every day. No one can tell how much he is loved.... I just wish someone would show him a LITTLE attention! Come on now!
I love you guys!!!!
Alison
I am so lucky that I get to see this most handsome man almost every day. No one can tell how much he is loved.... I just wish someone would show him a LITTLE attention! Come on now!
I love you guys!!!!
Alison
wow, he's cute!
I also want to comment on your blog content. Thank you for bringing up my hugest pet peeve. Of course I read your blog and instantly applied it to my life.
I too am struggling with the fact that technology has allowed for everyone to become communicationally selfish. I'm not sure that's even a word...but it really chaps me when someone gets upset if you don't "respond" to them.
Technology has completely destroyed the value of communication, and time spent with loved ones. My only remedy is to blog while at work. :)
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