The Wonder Of The Internet
May 4th, 2008 by Don Ray
One of the difficult things, for a grandfather, is not being close enough to the grandkids to be a part of their lives. I would love to go to their sports events or band events or even to go on a picnic.
However, living as far away as Panama prevents that. Fortunately the Internet helps to lessen a few of those problems. Yesterday morning I was chatting with my granddaughter, Megan. I had noticed my son’s messenger id come on line and I asked what he was doing up so early on a Saturday. Then I found out it was Megan that was on the PC.
I was amazed how well she did in her writing. For a 7 year old, Megan is a very bright little girl.
Then this morning, my daughter sent me a link to a site of a parent that takes videos of my grandson Noah’s football games. Noah had a game on May 3rd. If my memory serves me, Noah is 11 with a birthday coming up in July. My daughter hadn’t gotten to go to Noah’s game because she was at her daughter Kayley’s volleyball game.
My daughter is going to have to watch Noah’s game just to see the following play. In the following photo (which I pulled out of the video), you will see Noah (in blue) running for a touchdown. He had taken the ball at the line of scrimmage and broke a tackle and managed to avoid all the rest of the defenders for a touchdown.
While watching a video, isn’t as good as being there, it certainly helps fill a void. Way to go Noah. That was quite a run!
Color you the proud grandfather!
I’ve missed a total of 4 years of my 11 year old granddaughter’s life while living overseas. I certainly understand and am happy you have the Internet to help fill the gap. Of course, a few hundred miles is enough for the Internet to be a big help.
I just hope the ISPs don’t get their way and start charging on amount of traffic instead of a flat rate as is proposed. That will kill the Internet and cut me off from the rest of the world.