Today is Labor Day. As my husband pointed out yesterday, that means today marks the unofficial end of summer. And certainly when we were growing up, that was the case because the arrival of Labor Day always coincided with the first day of school. Gone would be the long days that seemed to stretch on forever filled with whatever suited us.

Lately I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about text messages. Over the last few years, they have become an everyday part of my world. My husband and I use them to send notes to each other throughout the day. Some times these are brief tidbits of important information that we need the other to know. Other times, we just send notes to say we’re thinking of one another. I sometimes imagine these as the modern day version of the note slipped in the briefcase or lunch box.

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