Of Motherhood and Technology

My 13 year old asked me to tape her Tae Kwon Do performance at Meet in the Street this past Saturday. Foolish child, as if I could work the point and aim recorder she thrust into my hands. I dutifully pushed a button, held the camera up, pointed at her for half an hour and recorded, nothing!

Fortunately for me, other parents there did not seem the have the tech struggles I do. You can watch their success here: http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/meet-in-the-street/

There is technology I have readily and quickly learned to use: the remote car door opener that beeps so I can now actually find my car in the Wal Mart parking lot and hiney heaters (car seat warmers to the less crude) are two examples. TiVo, love TiVo. It is the unrecognized saver of many a marriage. Everything else the internet, MP3 players, text messaging, gas stoves, I am a slow adapter.

Sometimes technology changes as I am getting ready to try it. Just as I am thinking of learning how to IM, the world has moved on to communicating by Facebook, blogs and cell phones. Even though the girls have shown me several times, I still can’t get a picture on this blog without their help.

Happily for me, to my thirteen year old, my tech inabilities are highly amusing. Hence, I am grateful. How many moms get to be a source of delight to their budding teenager.