The Good Stuff

As much as I rail against the proliferation of technological gizmos that I have no use for, there is one development that my wife and I are eternally grateful for – the video email.

This week we received video emails of our two great-granddaughters in Israel. Although they were brief the delight they provide is priceless. When you are 6,000 miles apart anything that brings you momentarily closer is a blessing. And we save these videos so we can revisit them from time to time.

The girls are two-and-a-half and 16 months. The little one is just learning to say her name. The older one seems to like to play big sister. At least that's what it looks like on the video.

You could say that this is a small scale version of social networking since the videos are sent only to immediate family members rather than distributed on a broader platform, such as Facebook

I'm not suggesting creating a Granny app that would encourage Grandparents all over the world to share pictures of their precious ones. I can only imagine the chaos that would ensue.

Come to think of it, an internet full of pictures of children we all think are beautiful would be a lot more attractive than some of the raunchier stuff that's out there.

Smile, Sweetie. You never know who may be watching.