There are some days when I feel old and then there are some days when it is really hard for me to realize that I am a “middle-aged” mother. We have some new technological devices in our house, and even though we have a few new ones, there are many more new cutting edge things to have and use. As I write this blog on a new laptop, I remember wistfully how I used to write my high school papers. I remember using a massive word processor. It was this huge rectangular box with a small screen. You could type your text and then edit it before printing it. We had a smaller one before that, where you could only see a line at a time. I remember having a computer when I was in college, but we were not using the internet to find sources of information. When I would type up Physiology lab papers, I would have stacks of books piled up near my monitor.
Now, everything you could possibly every need is a click away. You can search for information, type a paper, and print it remotely. You can do all this while Skyping with someone half-way around the world. It is truly amazing.
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