Instead of trying to lose weight or get healthy, (overrated) my New Year’s resolution is to have more human contact. A Facebook chat does not suffice for a twenty minute phone call once a month or a text message replacing a funny “thinking of you” card that you get in the mail. Yes, the mail. I want to be the one who actually calls you on the phone when it is your birthday and not just tweet you.
With everyone going in a thousand different directions, I know how hard it can be to have a date night over Skype. We do the best we can with the time that we have but, what if we tried just a little bit harder.
I have a new friend who wrote her grandmother a letter every other week when she started college to keep her informed and to just let her know that she cared. When her grandmother started to get sick, my friend’s letters were what kept her grandmother going. When the grandmother passed, my friend told me that her grandmother’s care giver would read her letters out loud and that her grandmother would smile all the way through the letter.
With technology getting faster and better, it is my biggest goal to continue to step back in time and touch the lives of the people I love the most with human contact.
And yes, that means more hugs.
