Technology and bonding time

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So one of the things I started doing is taking my kids out for 30-60 minutes of exercise every other day, with me going every day. It forces them out of the house and gives us time to spend in either total  silence or talking. I’m pleasantly surprised with the conversations Zak and I have had. He's pretty introverted and spends a lot of the gaming.  The depth of our conversations is quite cool.  What I’m doing is creating a time for us to bond. 

The other day he really did not want to go on our walk but he went anyway. Actually, he didn't have a choice. As we were walking we were discussing the George Floyd killing, racism, the declaration of Independence, immigration and, the difference between the conversation he and I were having is probably very different than the conversation a Black family is having about the same events going on in our country. When we got back to the house the conversation continued. When we came to a natural breaking point He said, “Thank you for the walk and the talk.”

Times are different now and the only way I know to facilitate these interactions is to build them around another activity. I hope he looks back on these times with fondness as I know I do. I get emotional just thinking about it.

As a side note, I have an ipad and a keyboard to go with it. The keyboard went out yesterday and I really don't like on screen keyboards.  I’ve had an Apple Pencil for sometime and never really used it until now. So... this entry is being written in app and the app is converting my writing to text. Its quite amazing how well the machine is working to learn how I write. 

At any rate Im going to export the work done in the app and edit it prior to upload....


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