Wishing our readers a healthy, prosperous new year

Photo by Paul W

Up until about a century ago, when people left their country to settle in a new land, they would likely never see their families, parents, or grandparents again. The difficulty of distances were too great. Letters would often take months to arrive. Traveling home would have taken days or months, and was usually to too costly.

Today, with the blessings of modern technology, grandparents can keep in touch with their grandchildren easily.

Telephones, internet, mobile phones, smart phones, instant messaging, video phones, smart phones, video chats, VoIP, email, text-messaging, personal and family blogs and websites, photo sharing sites, other resourceful websites. We can fly across the country in the space of a few hours, and usually for less than the cost of driving.

We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger numbers of people.  ~Pierre Omidyar

So, at the beginning of this new year, we wish to express gratitude for the blessing grandparents have of staying connected with family though technology. May you love and enjoy your grandchildren.

We want to wish our readers a healthy, prosperous new year. We are grateful for the opportunity we have of associating with you.

- Shayne and Tanda Packer

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