@bethany poor Micah? Poor me! 😂

@sinbach he probably thought someone had died when he saw all your calls and messages!

@bethany he called me freaking out himself. "Dad what's going on!"
then I had to explain. so nice to hear his voice.

@sinbach note to self: call parents

@bethany yes!
of course I say this having only called my parents maybe once or twice a year for the last 27 years.
and they have reasons to worry.

@sinbach I remember being in the Philippines and I didn't contact my parents for a whole month. I felt so terrible when I finally realised.
So noted... I'll do my best to not follow your example

@bethany nooooo! not my example. follow Minnas example! she calls her parents almost every day.

@sinbach which is why I said I would NOT follow your example 😂 There's no way every day is going to happen. I'll aim for once a week...

@sinbach @bethany That's wonderful! I don't talk with my parents every week, but my parents, siblings, and I have a group chat where we stay connected on a relatively frequent basis. It's nice to be able to send short videos or voice recordings or interesting links, etc.
My grandma used to call from time to time, just to chat. She passed away around 13 years ago. I wish I had valued those calls more! She was such a dear lady. I didn't realize that one day I would wish I could speak her, but those days would be gone here on earth.

@bethany @sinbach Yeah, I can't remember when the last time was I called my parents... My Mom calls and talks to Tam about once a day though.

@bethany @sinbach yes.

@tanjaostman on one day, because of the time change, I called too early on a day when he had no morning classes so he didn't answer. then he was with his Christian frat group Kai Alpha the entire next day and night for a special event with his phone in his bag. Because of several factors I couldn't reach him during a time when he was expected to be actively comming with me and I got a really bad gut feeling...so like a really annoying frantic dad (the kind I find disgusting) I started freaking out and imagining the worse. stupid me for falling for the enemy's tricks.

@sinbach a lessons learned for both dad and son (?). 😊 But your story tells me how much you love and care about him. The tricky thing with the gut feeling... I can't trust mine when it comes to my son. In other cases it works a little better.

@MaryMamuzich she sounds like my kind of person 😁

@bethany she is a sweetheart! Full of adventure! Takes after her Mom and Gramma! But!!! I always told someone where I was going!!