The Kindness of Friendship in the Early Morning

"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new."
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sometimes kindness gets an early morning start.  This morning, the first text I received was just before 6 am and then there were several before 9 am.  Friends and I exchanged texts that included thank yous, reminders about another friend's birthday and just checking-in texts.  Many people believe that technology has made us anti-social and cite the example of children and adults playing with their phones while in social situations.  But there are upsides to this technology, too.  The days of preparing elaborate menus to have the girls over for lunch may be gone for most women, but we now have new ways of staying in touch, of letting each other know that we are thinking about each other.  Some days, kindness arrives early via text.