Days of PURPOSEFUL Thankfulness – Day #42

Note: Refer to day number 1 (July 25, 2015 post) if you don’t know what this is all about.

It was around 10 minutes to 7 last night when I got home from work after making a stop at the Post Office. As I walked through my home I dropped one bag I was carrying into a dining room chair and I made my way to the bedroom to drop my purse and kick off my shoes. I saw my answering machine flickering for 2 messages waiting. Who could those be from I thought. I rarely get phone calls at home unless it’s someone soliciting or trying to sell something. I played the first message a couple times because I couldn’t make out what he was saying…it was my oldest brother. Whatever it was he sounded tickled about it. The most I could make out was something about a chicken bone. I listened to the second message it was my brother again. This time he didn’t sound the same. The 2 calls were hours apart and it wasn’t anything bad and didn’t seem like it was urgent. But yet I thought I needed to call back instead of waiting until I got unwound for the evening because I might not get to the call. And I’m glad I did because he and I had a very good long phone conversation…almost an hour! See I’m 45 and my oldest brother is about 10 years older than me. We have never talked that long on the phone…ever…about anything! Last night caused me to appreciate the invention of the telephone just a little bit more. And I’m not talking about the age of texting on digital and smart phones but actually hearing another person’s voice on the telephone. And I’m not speaking of the voices we get tired of listening to at work over the phone. When we get older and start living busy lives it’s hard at time to connect with those to whom we’re the closest. But there is something about hearing the other person’s voice. Letters are nice and even an impromptu text at times. But there is nothing like the live voice of another person coming through the miracle of the telephone. The last thing many of us want to do at times is talk on the phone, but be grateful you have a choice. Many of us live more spread out than the families of former generations.