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My wife and I were musing about the “Sunday Afternoon Drive” on our way to church yesterday morning.  You know, the kind that people used to take, where the whole phrase “Sunday Drivers” came from– where you’d go to a family’s house, or just go out to see what was out there?

I think that part of what has happened can be laid to blame on the invention of the telephone.  How many times do we think that we don’t need to go visit someone simply because we can pick up the phone and call them?

And we all know what happens after that… We then forget to call them because we got busy.  It didn’t used to be this way.  Ask your parents or grandparents.  My mom’s parents talk of things going both ways– either packing everyone into the car to go somewhere to someone’s house, or having everyone come over to their house– even those that might be passing by!– to have a meal and sit and talk.

I think that we’ve lost a lot of personal contact in our advances in technology.  We’ve gone from people that want to get together to people that want to stay in touch, but only when it’s convenient.

So, sit down with your family.  Figure out who is important in your life, and then make the time to see them in person.  I think that you’ll all be glad that you did.

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