There are days when I feel like living in the age of technology is a curse. I feel like we take the simple things in life for granted, and think of them as boring rather than sweet.

Sometimes I feel like we've forgotten what it is to have an actual conversation; one that doesn't involve hitting 'send' first.

But then there are the times when I get an online message from someone I haven't talked to in ages -- someone whose phone number has been lost or changed over the years; someone who has moved enough times that a mailing address becomes impossible to keep track of... It's those times when technology is an absolute blessing -- when their name is staring at you from your inbox, and that part of you that you've forgotten to tap into lately because it is so far in your past suddenly becomes alive again.

It's nice to know that all you need to do is type someone's name in a blank, and in a matter of seconds your lives can be connected again.