Did anyone even know about zoom before the lock down? I had never heard of it that's for sure!
For a few years my oldest brother has tried to get my other brothers and I to connect in various ways - phone calls, video chats, face time, etc. I know that I would always say, "Sure!" and then never make the time. Well, guess what, when we are all locked in our houses with nothing to do, it's easy to all make time!
Zoom is great because you can see the people you are talking too and everyone can interact. We can also do it from anywhere. One week my little family took off to the lake shore so I zoomed from the car and shared the beach with my brothers and mom.
Guess what else it did? It helped us discover that we enjoy meeting together once a week and now, always make time to do it. I think (and hope) we are planning to continue to do these meetings even as things open up. One of the advantages to zoom for us is that we use the "free" version which means it cuts us off after 40 minutes so we know going in that it won't linger on for hours!
That was just one way we took advantage of Zoom. Josh and Nate had Sunday School via Zoom and it was great. Their teacher went above and beyond with games, quizzes, and fun activities all through Zoom. It was such a neat way for the boys to connect with a few friends from church.
I've said it before, even though there were things we were sad to miss over the last few months, the slower pace and even the "stay home/stay safe" concept has been really nice.
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