imagine being a chicken and having absolutely no idea you're a major character in someone's childhood

dropped the kids off at public school this morning after a year of homeschooling they missed the social side a lot. most of their life was public school so that makes sense but today when i dropped my middle schooler with the neighbor i just watched. all these kids outside huddled over, staring at a glowing box. no faces. no play. no interaction. just hypnotized by the glow my daughter and the neighbor? phones away. talking the whole ride. talking about putting their phones down when they talk to each other. she was homeschooled the last four years too funny how it flips. growing up i used to wish for an automated system when i had to make phone calls. didn’t wanna talk to anybody. now i hate the automated systems. i just want a dang person to answer technology is amazing. but it has a cost. and that cost is our humanity we’re becoming disconnected from each other in so many ways it’s hard to even list them. and it’s becoming the foundation for our kids as they just stare at the glow so today. be more present. ignore the glow in front of your face and look at the glow that’s all around you in this beautiful world find the beauty. embrace it. help build more of it