When Computers Take Over

     I consider myself an average person with average talents. However, I had always prided myself on my penmanship. I had beautiful handwriting. Until I suffered a stroke. Now my writing is barely legible. Thankfully I do not need to actually write much. But recently I have had to fill out and sign several documents. I was lamenting the fact that my handwriting is atrocious with a lady and we got to talking about how more and more schools no longer teach cursive writing. Everything is done on the computer nowadays. It got me to thinking. Which is a scary thing all on its own. How long will it be before our children are no longer taught how to write at all. Reports, essays and other homework is done with a computer. In this modern age of high tech, everything can be found online. After writing goes away, how long before math is no longer taught? By the same reasoning as writing is no longer needed, learning math is no longer needed. The math answers can be found online. All that is really needed to learn is how to use a computer and how to Google. I was sitting at my computer one day when my grandson called me with a fourth grade math problem he needed help with. Now you have to understand his fourth grade math is about the level that my high school math was. So instead of taking pencil to paper, I just Googled it. Up popped the answer in less than a second. So why learn math? Now don't get me wrong. I don't agree that this is the way it should be. I can just see it happening in the very near future. My fear is that one day, after all teaching is non-existent, there will be a major meltdown of all computers. Then no one will know how to do anything. We as a people will return to a primitive life. Having to learn how to do things from scratch. I sound like one of the old folks preaching gloom and doom! But it is a scary thought.

Annual Heart Day

Katie, Crystal and I  had a great day today. Katie got another clean bill of health from her Heart Doctor. So we celebrated by going out to eat at Boston's.

Hustling

Ok here is the other one I made. Well I didn't make it, I just altered it. Enjoy :)

My Daughter

I made this for my darling daughter. She knows how much I LOVE those close up photos they call duck-faces. So I decided to put them all together for her. And of course I had to throw in some of the grandkids too. ♥

Missing Momma

Today is a really hard day. I don't know why it should be any harder than yesterday or tomorrow but it is. My Mom passed over a year ago but for some reason her birthday is harder to take than the anniversary of her death. I feel lost and so very alone. I do believe there is a Heaven and that she is with her loved ones there. She has missed her loving husband for so long and I know they are together at last. So I should be rejoicing that she is in a much better place but I still hurt. And some days it is easier to just let it hurt. I think I need it to survive.