Feb 20, 2011

Love in the Time of Laptops

Why is almost every grandmother in children's books rocking herself in a chair while knitting a sweater desperately waiting for company? She's usually wrinkled like a raisin and sporting a full head of white hair all tied in a super tight bun. That's just so.. 1952. Today's Nanas hit the gym, drive their own cars, sit on ergonomic chairs and order those sweaters on Ebay. A little help from science has helped with the hair color. I'm not even going to go into what modern technology can do about the wrinkles. Teehee.

This is five-year old Tato (using my yahoo messenger account) "talking" to his grandmother.

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Fifteen minutes later The Grandmother received an email.

And that, for you, is 21st century lovin'.
















4 comments:

ChichaJo said...

Love it! I communicated with my mom that way all the time and I'm sure one day it will be Carmen and her as well :)

The painful days of teaching her how to use a computer now seem very far away. Now she has a nicer laptop than mine and flippantly tells me when I ask her something, "Why don't you just Google it?" Please pakibaba ang kilay ko! ;)

Nana said...

Jo, let's give Carmen 3 years and I'll bet she'll be the one teaching you!

Cely said...

Awww! It's why I love the 21st Century!!!

Barni said...

SmartOne is getting too smart. :) Tell him girls love geeks.