Last Christmas my youngest son flew his family of 4 from Ohio to Utah to visit us during the Holidays. It really surprised my wife and I as we had just spent a week with them in Hawaii. We did not expect to see them again so soon. This year my wife and I surprised them by flying to Ohio the day before Christmas Eve and celebrating with them. My son didn't know we would arrive until 30 minutes before we drove up as we had planned the surprise with his wife.
Naturally we cleared the trip with all of our other children before booking flights back in August. That means everyone in the family had to keep a secret for 4 months. I had times I wanted to blab but kept the secret. A week before our trip, my son asked if we planned to come and surprise him. My response was, "We would have had to buy plane tickets back in August," which we did.
As we couldn't be with our other children we made sure to do video calls with everyone on Christmas. I remember 35 years ago thinking that would be a great technology as phone companies started sharing plans for the service. Now it is a reality that is as easy to do as making a call on your mobile phone. If you are not a fan of the iPhone and FaceTime, you can use What's App on Android and do the same thing. That means nobody has to be left out from seeing young kids open their magical gifts on that special day every year.
Ohio has a 2-hour time difference from Utah and so we had to make sure we didn't call my older son with his kids too early. Instead we waited for them to call us. Then we had a magical morning with cousins being able to talk to each other. As they both got trips to Orlando in February, we will all be together in just a few weeks. It will be a magical time for everyone. Fortunately we could all share in the excitement on Christmas morning, thanks to a video call.
No comments:
Post a Comment