I love text messaging. As a mother of teenagers and young adults it comes in quite handy.
After a few lessons from my teenage daughter I have actually become quite good at it! I am a two finger texter!! My husband is a different story, he actually sent his very first text message not too along ago. We were all very proud.
But the thing I really love about text messaging is the connection it creates between my children and me.
They send me the normal text messages….
“I’m on my way home”
or a quick message to let me know where they are.
Then there are messages like the one I got the other day…
“I think I’m getting pink eye.” (high school daughter who was scheduled to have her picture taken that day!)
or
“I need 20 bucks for a test – can I put it on the credit card?” (sweet college boy)
I love messages like this….
“When you get home, come tuck me in” (this from my sweet 14 year old who still likes me to tuck her in each night!)
And that camera phone comes in handy too. One of my sweet college boys sent me a picture of his pantry in his apartment at school when I gave him a “mommy lecture” on eating healthy. Wanted to show me that he had bought some fresh fruit.
Then there was the picture of two ties and the accompanying text message asking me which tie matched his suit!
I love it when one of my sweet college boys texts me and asks me for a recipe.
But the other night I received one of those text messages that makes me know that it is all worth it – one that warms my mommy heart.
As any mother of teenagers knows – moments of appreciation and gratitude can be few and far between and I will take them when I can get them. Sometimes they come in the form of a text message.
The following text message arrived the other evening while I was cleaning up the kitchen….
“Thanks for being such a great mom.”
Usually those type of text messages are then followed by another one asking to put something on the credit card but this time it wasn’t…
“We threw a birthday part for my roommate today. I had no idea how stressful it is.”
Of course I picked up the phone and called sweet college boy. He then told me how much he appreciated me and had never realized how much work went into putting on a party. He had spent the day cleaning, shopping, preparing and then cleaning up again afterwards while the rest of his roommates sat around!
Finally – he gets it! I guess waiting 22 years was worth it!
Do you have a funny or favorite text message one of your children have sent to you?
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It literally brought tears to my eyes when I read about your college son’s text message! That is SO sweet! It is sure wonderful to be recognized for the hard work that we do… and that warm feeling I get when someone notices something I did right motivates me to recognize the other people in my life more often, too… no one accomplishes much in this life without help from others.
I love texting… it is getting easier & easier with practice. ;o) My favorite is when I ask my 6 year old to call dad and let him know that we are on our way, and she just says, “Sure… I’ll just text him.” How old will she be before I will have to get her her own phone???
Oh Leigh Anne, isn’t is all too funny? I know you have read my blog about our silly texting stories. They use to be far and few in between, now just common.
However, they have been a life saver at some time or another. I just have to be very clear on the limits.
Great post.
We have fun using text and the picture and video clip attachments between Andy’s siblings. His sister has a little girl 2 years younger than Sydney. She sends video clips of Paige saying “hi Sydney..can’t wait to see you.” We also use it Uncle John who lives in Southern CA, he loves his niece Sydney and a text with picture or video clip really lifts his spirits when he’s homesick.