Viva

My husband and I were blessed with four children, all precisely spaced 3 years apart.

Their Dad (my Anam Cara) died in 2008 after the children were long departed, and I now live alone.

However, there are moments when I remember well the years we shared.

Because all four are now independent, successful and responsible human beings, I can tell the truth about those hectic days we once shared.

It was hard work, very hard work.

My world was consumed with car pools, white shirts, orthodontists, lunch boxes, pediatricians, guitar lessons, washing dungarees and keeping the refrigerator full.

And it ended far too quickly when they departed one by one.

Yet despite living alone, I still seem to have responsibilities albeit of my own choice.

I own 3 iPads, 1 mac, 1 cell phone and Alexa.

My excuse is the great unwritten novel that I have been working on for far longer than I dare to share,

One iPad belongs to Will, my amazing Grandson. However it lives with me because we share WIFI and Will visits on Sunday.

The Mini iPad was a recent Mother's Day Gift from two of the far flung family. Several years ago, Alexa was a birthday gift from my west coast family.

The week before I left NY, my dear friend, Alice Schwartzman, accompanied me to the Apple Store and insisted I buy a cell phone.

So now although I live independently, I do not really feel alone. Possibly because there are moments when my new appliances require more care than I remember giving my children.

They need to be recharged routinely and seemngly c0ntantly. The children did that themselves.

And while I had routine visits with orthodontists and pediatricians, I believe I have far more visits with Apple Support..

Our visits are far longer and the unnamed contact always spends a great deal of time with me.

We never exchange names,, but most of our calls are time and energy consuming.

Sometimes after a lengthy conversation about an ailing device, I need a nap. That never happened after seeing the orthodontist.

However because my beloved far flung family is now grown, independent and successful,

Perhaps I needed something to fill my diminishing world.

I sometimes wonder about that and oh, so very many other things.

But meanwhile, Viva Apple!