I learned a few days ago that a good friend of mine did something for his son that almost moved me to tears, on the spot. As an infant, he got him his own GMail account.
Of what use is such a thing to persons lacking control of basic bodily functions, you ask?
Well, my buddy uses this account to send his son messages for when he’s old enough to appreciate them:
“You were born today, and I am different now. Thanks for coming buddy. I will do my best for you.”
“You kept us up all night last night, and just when I was about to lose it, it seemed like you smiled at me for the first time. The rest of the night was easy.”
“You said your first word today, and it was “bah,” meaning pacifier.”
“You’re new nickname is Mr. 3-times. Don’t ask. You owe me, big.”
“We brought your sister home today and you were so gentle with her. You kissed her on the head and said ‘hi, baby. Do you want to play with my toys.”
Are you blubbering yet? I actually made those up, but you get the picture.
I simply cannot think of a nicer thing to do for your kid. First, it’s a powerful way to show your son or daughter that they were loved from the get go. Second – god forbid something were to happen to you – there’s a record somewhere of what you were feeling in the tiny details of life as your child came into the world. Finally, the little day-to-day details that you somehow forget as they grow up – that cute thing they used to say, the day they got their big-boy bed, the time they pee’d in the houseplant – all of those things are captured somewhere in a dark corner of the Googlesphere, stored securely in a permanent nook of our collective human consciousness.
So get your kid an e-mail address today, and ping him once in a while just to let him know you’re there for him. Always were, always will be.
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I so just did this. Thanks for the idea.
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I so just did this. Thanks for the idea.
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This is a great idea. It is actually why I started my blog but this will be great too. I guess you just make sure that you log on once in a while to make sure it doesn’t get deleted
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This is a great idea. It is actually why I started my blog but this will be great too. I guess you just make sure that you log on once in a while to make sure it doesn’t get deleted
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I’ve actually done this with my son as well as bought his “name.com” domain name. Thought behind it was not to send him emails but to save him the trouble of securing a gmail account that’s easy to remember. In 10+ years who knows how many characters will be needed to create a unique email addy, and if he chooses to not use it then so be it, takes only a few minutes to setup.
Plan to do the same with the little one that is coming in 6 months. Great idea on sending messages though, will have to send some notes and maybe a picture or two 🙂
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I’ve actually done this with my son as well as bought his “name.com” domain name. Thought behind it was not to send him emails but to save him the trouble of securing a gmail account that’s easy to remember. In 10+ years who knows how many characters will be needed to create a unique email addy, and if he chooses to not use it then so be it, takes only a few minutes to setup.
Plan to do the same with the little one that is coming in 6 months. Great idea on sending messages though, will have to send some notes and maybe a picture or two 🙂
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This was excellent! I sent to my brother who has a 5 month old and he set up a gmail today, and sent the address to the aunts and granparents so we can send messages too!
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This was excellent! I sent to my brother who has a 5 month old and he set up a gmail today, and sent the address to the aunts and granparents so we can send messages too!
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Ah, nice. Just sent this to my husband. Son has e-mail address and thus these suggestions encourage Father/Son e-mail communication. How nice would *that* be when they’re old enough to respond back! 😉
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Ah, nice. Just sent this to my husband. Son has e-mail address and thus these suggestions encourage Father/Son e-mail communication. How nice would *that* be when they’re old enough to respond back! 😉
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Okay, that’s pretty cool! I have some journals I started keeping for my kids, but I would have written much more if I’d done this email idea. Writing in a bed-side journal is sometimes the last thing on your mind when you’re tired and just want to sleep. (Or horny and just want… er… sorry, I’ll just leave it at that)
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Okay, that’s pretty cool! I have some journals I started keeping for my kids, but I would have written much more if I’d done this email idea. Writing in a bed-side journal is sometimes the last thing on your mind when you’re tired and just want to sleep. (Or horny and just want… er… sorry, I’ll just leave it at that)
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Did this last night, a beautiful idea. I laughed out loud writing my first email to my boys. Can’t wait for them to be old enough to read it.
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Did this last night, a beautiful idea. I laughed out loud writing my first email to my boys. Can’t wait for them to be old enough to read it.
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This is a great idea! I LOVE IT! Thank you Linday for finding this and passing it on to us. Glad you were thinking of us. I’m on my way to do this now!
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This is a great idea! I LOVE IT! Thank you Linday for finding this and passing it on to us. Glad you were thinking of us. I’m on my way to do this now!
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I totally did this when my kids were born, more to reserve their names than to send them emails. My oldest (6 yo) now uses email to send pictures and things to her grandparents.
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I totally did this when my kids were born, more to reserve their names than to send them emails. My oldest (6 yo) now uses email to send pictures and things to her grandparents.
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Thanks for sharing. Share is caring after all.
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Thanks for sharing. Share is caring after all.
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This is a exellent resource. Ill be back.
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This is a exellent resource. Ill be back.
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Great post! I have been asking yourself for some time exactly how one would go about enhancing their Alexa position and today i know. However, i would would rather invest my time upon much more effective tasks.
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Great post! I have been asking yourself for some time exactly how one would go about enhancing their Alexa position and today i know. However, i would would rather invest my time upon much more effective tasks.