Holiday reconnect at Thanksgiving and gratitude for simplicity
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 12:11PM By Jennifer Day-Thompson
I was born in the early 1980s, just in time to witness MTV still playing music videos, Madonna’s rise to stardom, and the transition from cassette tapes to CD’s. It was a simpler time, with only one landline, no cell phones, and no e-mail.
A trip back to my hometown recently made me realize just how cluttered life can get. [Article continues after photo.]
View of Lake Murray from a dock in the Prosperity, SC area. Many families in the area are of Swiss-German ancestry and a number of historical homes and sites are located in this small charming Southern town. [Photo by David C. Thompson; used with permission.]In today’s high-tech world we are accessible to almost anyone who wants to reach us. E-mail can be synched with our phones so that we know what’s going on at work, even on a day off. Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace allow people to tell hundreds of their friends what they’re doing at any given moment. There are even channels that especially appeal to ADHD-prone viewers. My husband has found a channel that covers a different NFL football game every minute. I sit beside him on Sundays, completely confused, as he excitedly takes in the highlights whizzing by.
