1964. I had been away from home for almost two years, and overseas for more than one. Judy’s 16th birthday present from her family was a three-minute, person to person, very expensive, phone call to me. Three minutes. That’s a lot of pressure to make it count. Otherwise, our only contact was handwritten letters, which could take a week or two each way.
2022. England. Ireland. Texas. York, Cork, and Edinburg. Five thousand miles, six time-zones apart. The weekly zoom visit with the girls carried off without a hitch.
An I-pad, a computer, and a telephone. An hour-long visit? No problem. No pressure. Real-time video and verbal communication. What a charming time we live in.