How many dead people do you have on
your phone?
I needed to make a call to a restaurant
for a little take out Saturday, and as I was scrolling through the
contacts list on my phone I started to notice a few names of people
no longer with us. While I was eating said takeout I did a full
check, and I can now say, with some sadness, that I have six dead
people on my phone.
Bummer.
Several were old friends Loraine met
through her World War II research. Two were people I met through my
History Center research. And one was someone who just died way too
early. And, just to be fair, there may be another, a friend in
France who was having some medical problems and from whom we haven't
heard in a year.
But I'm going to be optimistic and say
that I just have six dead people on my phone.
For a while I thought of deleting their
info; after all, it's not like I can call them and chat or ask then a
few questions. But I couldn't bring myself to do that. I have fond
memories of all of these people. For a few, their contact info is
literally all I have besides those fond memories. And while I know
that deleting their contact info won't delete those memories, the
info is an actual physical manifestation of their existence on earth.
Unlike, say, those memories.
What, though, will happen whenever I
get a new phone and have enter all my contact info in? Will it be
worth it to transfer the stuff from my deceased friends? Will it be
strange? I mean, it's not anything I'll have to worry about soon; my
current phone's only a couple of years old, but it is something to
consider. After all, I may have one or two more on that list when
the time comes.
I will, however, cross that bridge and,
knowing me, devote quite a lot of thought to it whenever that time
finally comes around.
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