Cell Phone Envy

As a self-employed mom doing her best to keep up with the latest and greatest in technology (often without personally experiencing it) I'm realizing I'm being left in the dust in a huge way. Normally I don't find myself drueling over other people's stuff... or straw as I like to call it... however these moms who have the ability to surf the web, post on Facebook, and read emails on their phones does leave me somewhat jealous.

Not only are these phones not in my budget, but neither are the calling plans and add ons that would allow me to have a little fun of my own. If you can't tell, I'm living in an expensive county, in a suburb of a medium sized city, and I'm frequently out and about with people are living quite comfortably. lol I'm living among them and grateful for what I do have. I'm not poor, we're not living paycheck to paycheck, but I'm not in a position to buy toys for myself. I do own a cell... it's a prepaid phone that makes and receives calls and has been a wonderful business tool and a huge blessing.

I'm sharing this in order that I might work my way through my jealousy. You see, keeping up with the Jones' isn't really my style and when I feel myself absorbing the cultural mentality to buy and possess I have to stop... take a deep breath and remind myself that for the better part of history people survived without any form of cell phone, without Internet, without comfy shoes and air conditioning... so what am I complaining about? lol

Compared to the world standard I am rich, so thank you God for blessing me and forgive me for drooling over my friend's Iphones. lol Ok... I think I'm feeling better. Maybe?