FELIZ NAVIDAD

By Vernalee

Have you ever been Christmas Caroling? I have! Once! It was my freshman year in college. We had a young Spanish professor, Senor Brooks; Dr. Brooks to be exact! One of our assignments was to sing carols - in Spanish of course! Being that I came from a high school in the Mississippi Delta that didn't offer foreign language, this was a challenging class and task, but I made it through that night as we went from door to door singing our hearts out! It's a treasured memory that I still hold. So in my harmonic voice, I say, “ Feliz Navidad … I want to wish you a Merry Christmas!”

TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE

By Vernalee

The expression ”two heads are better than one”reflects the intuition that people working in groups are more likely to come to a correct decision than they would if working alone.“

I know that I am better with my team, my posse, as I call them. My children, close friends, colleagues, and family members provide me solid/wise counsel and advice. With their advice and God at the wheel as my chief navigator, I feel empowered! That in and of itself is a great feeling! It completely shows the benefit of plurality and clearly substantiates that two are better than one!

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MY CELL PHONE HAS ERASED MY MEMORY

By Vernalee

Yes, technology via my cell phone and other gadgets has eliminated facets of my memory. I confess! I came to the realization of this very fact last week. My late Mother in her 90’s could rattle off dates, addresses, and phone numbers from her memory. I cannot any more. Holy cow! How did that happen? Let's see! Without question, my Mother was wise and brilliant! DING! DING! Added to that fact and equally as important, Mother relied on her mind to provide the answers. For recall, I rely on retrieval of numbers, addresses, and other pertinent information that have been stored in my cell phone and other technological apparatuses. Now, unfortunately, whether I call it a senior moment or not, I don't know many phone #’s anymore! Technically, I never pushed my memory’s delete keys, but I became reliant upon my cell phone for the retrievals of those numbers. Which brings me to these questions. Would I be lost without my IPad and cell phone? Do I need to be retrained? The answer is - Yes and Yes! So, it is an accurate statement that I have become spoiled and incessantly reliant upon technology. What about you?

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