Webcams have been around for quite some time now, and I’ve used them to talk to people all around the world. But the value never really sank in until my first grandson was born.
It’s a real pleasure to watch him grow up (four months old now) in California while I’ve still got my feet planted in Hawaii.
This real-time medium has been a godsend to grandparents all over the world, I’m sure, not to mention those in the military service who are able to keep touch with loved ones at home.
The wife is particularly enamored of the webcam and looks forward to times when Joey is cleaned up, awake, fed, and happy. It’s pretty entertaining to watch her wave her hands in the air at the little boy with a silly grin on her face. Bless her little heart.
When he’s on webcam, activity in the house comes to a grinding halt and everybody gathers at the kitchen table to crowd around the laptop, their eyes glued to the screen. Heart-warming, it is.
It’s the next-best thing to actually being there.
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