Phones continued

In 1991 my son was a freshman at Harvey Mudd College, one of the Clairmont colleges in California.  That same spring I was scheduled to attend a real estate relocation conference in Reno, Nevada.  It was a lovely coincidence that his last day of classes was the same day my conference ended so it was decided that I would drive to the conference then swing south, pick up our son and bring him home for the summer.  Since I would be driving cross country by myself my husband decided that it was time to buy our first cell phone.  I think back then they were still called car phones.  It was a box about 8x7x4 inches that sat on the floor of the car.  I will admit that having that car in the phone did give me a feeling of security.  Neither of us had realized that there were still great gaps of space out west with no cell service.  I used that phone for several years.  In addition to the phone I carried a pagers so my office could always reach me, at least in theory.  From that phone I graduated to a flip phone; so cute and so much easier to carry around.  Then, some years ago I moved up to a semi-smart phone.  I could phone and text with it and that seemed to be enough.  Then,one year ago, my son (my technical advisor) and I went shopping for a new lap-top for me.  As we were considering various options my son drew my attention to a Moto7 phone.  As we talked about what I was looking for in a new laptop I realized that most of what I wanted was contained in that phone.  So I bought the phone.  I liked it from the very beginning but since we have been isolated over the last few months I have been astonished at how much I use my phone. From group texts (shades of the old party line) to Zoom meetings to emails to facebook to weather reports to ordering groceries on line to reserving library books, and of course phone calls, it's an amazing piece of equipment.  The bonus is being able to take, send and receive pictures.  From a box on the wall, to a box in the car to a 3x6 inch take anywhere phone/computer/camera, I think the evolution of phones is amazing.  And I know I don't have the latest technology but I'm ok for now.