Computers, Caring, Cockeysville Patch And Completion Elita Sohmer Clayman

When my son started law school in 1987, we had to buy him this contraption called a computer. We had not heard too much about them in those days; we went out and bought him one costing twenty-seven hundred dollars and took it out to the law school in D.C. with his other belongings and living items. His friend mentioned to us that “computers were the coming exciting thing in the future years”. He mentioned he was going in to the workforce of being a computer person. I really did not think too much of his chosen position, what did I know? Nothing is what I knew then, about this wonder called computers.

Now, my life is centered to a certain point with computers. I email, I write articles, and I look up things that I use to have to buy a book about or go in my young years to a library. A library was a free standing building where you visited often to gain the knowledge from books you did not own or have at home. When we had a project for school, if we were rich enough to own a set of encyclopedias; you need not walk to the library. I only had a one encyclopedia book and often, it did not give the necessary information you needed.

Now days, all you have to do is type in a word and lots of information comes up. True, you have to separate what may not be real, but more often you can learn so much from the site.

I would say that I find computers to be a caring tool, a comforting machine and a clear and concise piece of equipment to use in all the workplace. You cannot go into a doctor’s office without giving all your private information and it will be put in their computer. The other day, I was in a physician’s office and a woman new to the office, rebelled on putting down her maiden name. The secretary said it was necessary for their collected knowledge about her. She was very upset and would you believe, she walked out of the office and I thought she was going home. About ten minutes later, she came in, filled in the words and was called back to see the doctor.

My brother balked at getting a computer and when I told him, it was time to become modern, he still resisted it. I did not know that a few weeks before he passed on, he bought one and was in the midst of enjoying its use.

When I wake up in the morning, after I brush my teeth and wash my face and before the daily shower, I put a heating pad on my arthritic knees and check my emails. Who would have thought people do this, most people grab their cup of coffee first. My stimulation is to see the emails, hopefully good ones and to view my beloved Cockeysville.Patch.com website.

My son’s friend Richard was ahead of his own time. When he told me he was going into this new profession called computers, I thought “ why is this very smart young man, not becoming a doctor, lawyer, CPA, pharmacist or whatever was a popular profession to go into then.”

I visit Facebook every day to see what my friends are doing or are about to do. A friend and his wife had twins last year and they post photos of the boys on their page and though I do not get to see them, I see them on the page. My great niece posts pictures of her little boy (my great, great nephew) and I get to see his growing years because they live far away.

Here is a list of the last titles of my many articles on Cockeysville.Patch.com. I am trying to make them a collage of titles about my life and the life of others I know and like or love.

We live in our Abodes, we Run To Our Goals,We Hope To Have A Pocketful of Sunshine, The Angel Who  Is Missing is Right here with us. We have Violins of Hope, We Should not Get Smoke In Our Eyes,  We Should Learn The Word Fondly, Daytime Dreams We Have Can Be Gratifying to Us, we should have Exhilaration, We should not let ourselves be Criticized, we should be Role Models,  Our Hearts Are Gardens of Blooms,. Owning nice Jewelry is fine, Having Someone Live With Us Forever is great, finally Meeting Someone We Met online is great, realize that you are The Engineer of Your Life, Kind Persons Give Praise, If you had a Good Day, be happy, having a Positive life without a Negative Mind is wonderful, Show Your Love often, believe in Miracles, do not be the ugly Rich Cousin, Be a Lucky One, and if you are a grandmother, Be A Swinging One.

The final one is  Magic of Magic, your computer sends you off into the real world by way of a magic trail.