Skype.

I've decided this is the greatest invention in the recent history of the world. It makes me know people are still alive, still tangible, still existing. I can see them on my screen, watch their laughter, see inside their homes, and watch their daily lives. I can blow kisses to my nephew and smile at my sister on her couch.

Sometimes I feel like a lost orphan down here with now past or sense of belonging and whereabouts because my world severed so much. I didn't have this the last time I moved here, nor when I am in foreign countries. But I have it here, now, in Charlotte.

I've decided to hang up a 'picture' wall of places I love, phases of my life, and chronological them to give standing and meaning to this sense of my time. To rebuild myself a sense of my foundation as I lurk forward.

But today, I am more than thankful for Skype. Because it lifts my entire heart up and brings the people I love back to life. Its more than a cell phone, because it brings such a deeper sense of connection with the visual, almost tangible humans I love. It lets me know they still are, they still will be, they live.