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"Death to Unnecessary Text Messages"

So a few days ago, I found myself looking back over the past text conversations that I’ve managed to accumolate on my phone here recently.  Is it me or is it just becoming too popular to end text messages with “OK”, “bye”, or “cya”.  Even here recently, I’ve started getting “K” as if “OK” was just going to take that much more time to spell out.  Now before you roll your eyes… think about it.  Think of the time wasted.  Think of the apparent danger (for those that text while driving).  Think of the wasted text message and how it effects all of our networks!

I guess in my old(er) age, I’m trying to think of myself as being less wasteful.  I’m trying not to waste money.  Trying to not litter.  Hey, I’m even trying to turn off stuff when I go to bed.  So, it’s not surprising to me at least that this is starting to stand out in my mind as being wasteful too.  Truth be told, none of this probably would have dawned on me until I took a glance at my last month’s cell phone bill.  Seven hundred text messages between my wife and I in a span of a month.  I thought to myself, “who in the world do we text to that much”?  So I pulled out my phone and looked through my text history.  Truth be told, I don’t text to many but boy do I get a lot of “three-letter-or-less” responses.

Thinking back, I remembered there were those times when I just wanted to make sure that whomever was sending a message understood that I understood what they were saying.  It’s funny how we think people are hanging on to their phones just waiting for us to agree or something.  In retrospect, I realize… it’s not that deep.  My “OK” probably wasn’t even necessary and in some cases my silence probably would’ve been just as suffice.

So, I’m challenging you… next time you’re tempted to answer back to some text message.  Just avoid the quick call-and-response.  Let’s not abuse this text message thing… let it be what it was intended for it to be: a great means of communication.  Thx!

"Caden’s First Tooth"

OK, I know what you’re probably saying: if you either A) don’t have any kids or B) have a few already then a child getting a tooth is no big deal. But for me, Caden being my first and only child (so far) this is huge!

It’s funny how time flies. This time last year I was a soon-to-be parent with no clue as to what was on the horizon. Porsha and I were just feeling things out really… getting packed for the hospital stay, stocking up on diapers and wipes. Now, Caden is about a year old, he’s trying to walk/crawl/scoot around and he’s starting to grow up.

Mind you, a few people have already asked when they can babysit. We’ve been putting that off for the longest because we always said that we were waiting for him to be old enough. Looks like that day is here.  Oddly enough, in retrospect, I don’t think it has anything to do with Caden’s age at all… we just don’t want to miss moments like these.  He’s growing up so fast!