Early Christmas

A few years ago, Charlene and I both bought new laptops. I bought mine capable of maneuvering pictures, blogging, building websites and the like. At the time, the only thing we could think of that Charlene would do with hers was to write her book, “Roberta”. So, we just bought her a basic laptop. She used her phone for almost everything she did. She wrote and published the book on the laptop.

Our internet connection is top of the line, so that was not a problem, but over the last few years Charlene’s usage has far outgrown her little machine. It seemed she was spending half her time waiting for it to catch up to whatever she was doing. She is the local Zoom guru. She uses it to host three or four formal groups a week and other less formal family gatherings. “Waiting for Zoom” was her most common pastime.

SO, we bought her a powerful new laptop for Christmas. She loves it. We got one that was reasonably small and light weight – not especially expensive, but it is quick. She now picks up her laptop to do short little things she would have gone to her phone for a few weeks ago. She smiles at it a lot and utters appreciative words to and about it. Christmas morning, she will open it like she does every other day. It has been the most rewarding gift we have gotten for her in quite some time.