#208 good tidings

One of my favorite, funniest memories occurred when visiting friends many years ago.  I only saw them at Christmastime, and my memory of where they lived was sketchy due to just annual visits.  This was in the pre-cell phone, pre-GPS, pre-navigation systems on your phone era -- and I got lost.  Really lost.  So lost that I had to stop at a store, call them, describe where I was, and then write down the directions to follow in order to get there.  

Once I turned onto their circle, I saw the whole family outside -- with flashlights -- guiding me into their driveway like it was an airplane landing strip.  We still laugh about it all these years later.

I will visit them again this holiday; no batteries required.  Just tell Siri that I want navigation to their address and, wa-la, she will guide me there.  It will be infinitely more efficient, and undoubtedly less fun.

High tech is wonderful, but so is high touch.  Now that the madness of Christmas Day is over, try to add some low key time with friends into your schedule.  The annual get-together can make enough memories to last for the year.

-- beth triplett
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