My son and I have been texting a lot, and surprise, surprise, it has been tender and meaningful to me. Almost every day he sends me a photo of my grandson, and we oh and ah over his adorableness and share our delight. Texting doesn't have to be cold and abrupt. It can be a sweet way of instant love and connection.
Each form can be used to distance ourselves from others or get closer. Email, tweeting, texting, blogging can be used for both purposes. I wouldn't recommend asking someone to marry you via your computer, and I believe in cards for sympathy and events. But the intention is the thing. Are you hiding or being your most transparent self? I'm reading a book that is so deep and thought provoking and it began as a blog: A Year of Living Virtuously (With Weekends Off) by Teresa Jordan. She took quotes from Ben Franklin and applied them to her particular life, and the result is terrific.
So if we bring our whole heart to our text, it can knit us to the other person in a new way. Our joy at this new little baby is overflowing and in expressible, but the texting captures a bit of it.
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