My Little Miss Smartphone

Thanks goodness for technology!

My smartphone is like a second me, a second mom in the house so to speak. Too bad she can't do laundry and make dinner. Maybe my next update will include some household chore apps?

I didn't realize how much I depend on the ol' girl until her battery pooped out on me while driving home alone last night from my daughter's volleyball game. I saw her turning red on the way outta town but assumed she could make'r home if I didn't push it. But nope, she took her last breath and I still had over an hour to go ... at night ... in the dark ... on some crazy, deer filled two-lane highway.

As I drove in the dark, forced to listen to the actual radio instead of my phone's music stations, I reassured myself, thinking, "For crying out loud, I've only been blessed with a cell phone for probably 25 percent of my life, so I know I can survive without it for one whole hour."

I decided that if I had an emergency, I'd have to do what they did in the old days and flag someone down or walk to a farm house and ask for help. And of course, pray I didn't flag down a serial killer or be unfortunate enough to stumble upon the Bates Motel, as the only open building within miles.

During that long and uneasy 60-minute drive, I began to think of all the things I appreciate about my dear phone and how better she's made my life.

Sorta like Rosie on the Jetsons. I just push a button and tell her I need to make an appointment in my calendar and voila, she does it for me. She doesn't ask any questions, just is happy to help out. I push the button again and ask her to call my mom or text my daughter and she's more than delighted to accommodate me. My sweet phone will even give me directions to the gym where my daughter is playing so I don't have to stop and ask the stranger raking leaves or drive around aimlessly searching for our town's school bus.

She wakes me up every weekday morning with a pleasant melody but lets me sleep in on the weekends. She reminds me of what to buy at the store or whose birthday is coming up.

"Go get your niece her birthday card," she types on the main screen. She's just so on top of things and ready to assist me at all times!

She allows me to have multiple conversations with people, text or message my daughters at all hours and send Hubby a cute kissy face picture, just because.

She stores ALL my favorite photos and videos of my kids and then will shoot them to the computer to be printed if I ask nicely. She warns me of incoming bad weather and also gives me the 10-day forecast for any town I ask for. She lets us know when the pollen is high and the ragweed is low and even researches the latest allergy medicine so we're not a stuffed up mess.

I love that ol' girl and I forgot how much I really appreciated her until she temporarily left me last night. I felt like I was on a deserted island with no contact to the outer world.

She's become my lifeline, my extra hand, and I depend on her more than I realized. How blessed I am to be a mom in today's world, spoiled by all this technology.

Thank you, Miss Smartphone, for bettering my life and making my job as a mom a little bit easier!