Five letters to go. We can do this. I'm staying true to my theme in the A-Z Blog Challenge which is The Things We Keep: An A-Z of Ordinary Objects.
Day 22- V is for Voicemail
Recently I was connecting two friends who were going to co-host an event and one friend said she'd tried texting and emailing the other but hadn't heard back so I suggested she call her. On the phone. Ewww.
Is that your reaction too? The friend laughed and said isn't it funny that actually calling someone to talk on the phone is more or less our last thought and not our first.
In 2026 we are all about texts and emails and all the other tech options we now have, and are less about actually phoning someone we don't know well or when some sort of 'business' is involved, be it pleasant or unpleasant. Sure I talk to my daughters on the phone and also friends who don't live nearby, but for the casual interaction let's text.
How does it make you feel to open your phone and see that little red number indicating someone has, gasp!! left you a voicemail?
For the most part if I phone someone and they don't answer I do not leave a voice message. I send a text or decide to try again later.
That being said, I do have a few voice messages on my phone that I can't make myself delete. Mostly from my mom who uses her phone very infrequently these days, but occasionally will accidentally call me and if I don't answer she leaves a voicemail.
These voicemails are nothing special, just hello I miss you and love you and call me if you want to kind of things.
Except they're special to me.
Because my mama turns 96 years old on her birthday this year and I know that time is fleeting and also precious. So I save them.
It feels nice to have her voice on my phone. I plan to keep it.
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