I can’t tell you how many conversations have been interrupted by emails and text messages on someone’s web-accessed phone. It’s that awkward moment of wondering when they’ll come back and wondering why your live interaction was not a priority over suspendable communications.

It’s that little hurt of not being important enough, even though you made the time to make them important enough.

Sometimes I miss the instant communication I think I could have with text messaging, but then I remember those moments and am happy it’s out of our price range on our phone plan.

This is an add for a particular day this past October when we were to “disconnect and enjoy”. But I think this message applies every day that we have iPads, iPhones, blackberries, texting phones, and computers. The computer’s my balance challenge so I’m not out of the loop here.

But I’ve never found putting an electronic on hold to delight in the reality of now to ever be disappointing.

Life’s happening out there… and we’re missing it in exchange for screentime.