Texting and My Grand Daughter
Like most of us I receive text messages everyday. Texts from my daughter, my daughter-in-law, friends, and sometimes, when it is a special event, my son. Recently I received a special text it was from my grand daughter. I was surprised and shocked. Her first text to me was , “Hi Nunna, what are you doing?” This question put a big smile on my face. How cute she is, asking me what I am doing. So I quickly responded to her, then she texted me again, and we kept texting back and forth sending each other all sorts of emoticons.
It was fun. Until! Until she kept texting me through the night. Texting me when she was sitting at the end of the table. Texting me when I was relaxing in bed . Sophie liked to text questions. Are you eating? Are you watching TV? Are you in bed? Are you at the gym? All kinds of, are you questions. Texting, texting, texting…it was something new and different for her to do. I tell you she texted me more than she ever talked to me. By the third texting day every time I heard my phone ting I would think, it’s Sophie, and it would be her.
I did not discourage her from texting me. Nor did I tell her to stop texting me so frequently, for I was sure that the novelty would soon wear off, since it takes her a longer time to type the letters she needs to make a word.
It has now been 5 days since her texting brigade began and already she has begun to slow down.
Smiley Emoticon!
But I don’t want her to come to a complete halt because I love the idea that when she thinks to ask me a question she can reach out with a text and we are instantly connected. It’s like Sophie is stretching out her arm and pulling me closer to her, instantly, at any time of any day.
Ting, ting, ting…have to go now my grand daughter is texting me.
Really smiling emoticon!