I recently completed a layout for a challenge at the Digichick, to scrap what we are thankful for. Right now, I am SO grateful for the advances in technology of the past two decades. This week I celebrated by 15th Anniversary long-distance. My husband is on a one-year deployment to the Middle East and yet, thanks to technology, we have been closer than ever.
When we first started dating, all we had was snail mail and very primitive e-mail to get us through our separations. We wrote a ton of letters and waited patiently for responses to our questions or comments. Mail usually took a good couple weeks to reach each other, but it was better than nothing. I still enjoy going back and reading those letters and memories.
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Everything from the Digi Chick
Template: Cluster Queen Creations
Background and Elements a mix of kits from ViVa Artistry
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Now we have Skype and not only can we send instant messages, but we can talk and even video-chat from thousands of miles apart and for no cost--if you don't count the Internet fees, computer, iPad. . . How fantastic it's been to "talk" to my husband nearly every day. To catch up on our lives and share those little things that would be meaningless in a letter arriving two weeks later. It's really helped with the loneliness and separation being able to be so "close". I happy too that this layout was featured on
Log Your Memory. I hope it inspires others or gives those with an upcoming deployment hope that even though miles may separate you, you can still be so close to your loved ones.
As such, I had a
WONDERFUL anniversary dinner "with" my husband the other night. I took the iPad to our local base restaurant and thanks to the free wi-fi there, we were able to enjoy a meal together. He had lunch, I had dinner. We talked, laughed, made plans for the future. It was amazing. I got some looks, but it also made me wonder why others haven't done this. How cool is it that with a little technology we can all be so close?
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