Memories

This is the longest time I have spent not blogging.   In fact, I didn't do much emailing, chatting, or surfing this holiday season.   It was strange.   I did some, but not much.

I did not intent to take a break from technology.   However, I was never "in the mood" to email, chat and so forth.   The very connectedness to which I had become accustomed just didn't seem to matter.

There were memories of Christmas that kept me company.   Strangely, not one tender memory included a piece of modern technology.  

One Christmas, I spent under the tree, looking up into the branches and seeing the lights.   I spent a lng time there one morning.   Just being.

Another Christmas, I spent time with my then girlfriend.   We kissed under fake-mistletoe (or any hanging green thing that looked vaguely plant-like.) 

One time, there were so many family members, relatives, etc. that the living room was full of sleeping bags and bodies.   No way for a small child to get to the bottom of the tree Christmas morning without waking one of the "adults" up.

Many a Christmas was full of laughter.   A joke present, a funny card setting off someone into a titter of mirth, or a belly busting burst of guffaws.

So many memories. 

I wonder if these generations of children will have the same memories.   People with People, rather than Chat to Chat, or Text Message to Text Message.