Comments on: Nine Pounds, Six Ounces, Too Many Miles

By: Family First | ivy league insecurities

Family First | ivy league insecurities — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:43:15 +0000

[...] some of you know, I went away for the weekend. My sister had a baby a little over a week ago and I made the trip to Chicago to meet him. This trip was not easy for me. [...]

By: Why Is This So Hard For Me? | ivy league insecurities

Why Is This So Hard For Me? | ivy league insecurities — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:49:38 +0000

[...] head to Chicago today to see Sister N and her family and to meet her brand new baby boy. Chickie (his awesome alias) entered this fine world exactly a week ago and after some internal [...]

By: I Need Your Advice | ivy league insecurities

I Need Your Advice | ivy league insecurities — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:48:43 +0000

[...] few days ago, I published a post announcing the arrival of my new nephew. I explained that as much as I would like to, I cannot just [...]

By: Debra L. Schubert

Debra L. Schubert — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:52:41 +0000

Mazel Tov on your beautiful, new nephew! Please give your sister a virtual hug for me. My newest niece was born this past September and I’m still kvelling over her. (I’ve never used so many Jewish words in one paragraph since my Bat Mitzvah a million years ago.)

And, let’s talk soon and see if we can’t get together when I’m in NYC next week!

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:18:44 +0000

That’s absolutely the greatest part of technology, Aidan! That I can sit next to my nearly 80-year-old mother on her couch and listen to her lament the fact that she hasn’t seen pictures of her brother’s grandchildren ever. I pull out my BlackBerry, go to my Aunt’s Facebook page, pull up the pictures and in a couple minutes there they are. She probably won’t ever be able to do this but I love that I can pull out this magic for her.

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:18:47 +0000

Congratulations! I have a love-hate relationship with technology. I can totally see how this is a definite positive of its uses! Hope you get to see her and Chickie reallllll soon!

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:02:23 +0000

Congratulations! New babies are always so exciting!

Oh, technology. I will always maintain that Skype and video chats made my long-distance relationship last year. Being able to *see* my boyfriend almost every day made things so much easier. Yet I realized towards the end, even though we’d talked, at first, about sending actual letter from time to time, that never really happened. I can’t go to a special little box or something 50 years from now and pick up old AIM chats and Skype convos.

So, technology = useful, wonderful when used properly. But I think it’s a good thing to stop and remember that many, many times, it’s still only a substitute.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:01:51 +0000

Congratulations Sister N!! That is so exciting. It is sad to be far away but at least you have the pictures and videos until you can see them in person – it definitely helps a ton!

By: Corinne

Corinne — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:28:16 +0000

Congratulations to your whole family!!
Oh the marvels of technology… I’m so thankful for them, with family far away. It really makes all the difference.

By: MaryPoppinsinHeels

MaryPoppinsinHeels — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:32:49 +0000

Happy Birthday, Chickie, and congratulations Sister N!

And beautiful, as always, Auntie Aidan!

I always say that I loathe technology, but I’m the first to jump on whatever I need to be on to “see” or “talk to” someone I love and can’t be with. Frankly, thanks to e-mails lately from amazing people like you, I’ve survived. Ya know, I’m going to stop saying I loathe technology, I do believe.