Let’s just be real here. Parenting with the first child is totally a learn-as-we-go-along experience. My husband and I have laughed many times about our many trial and error moments in parenting! Sometimes things accidentally work out great and other times, even with planning and calculation our best ideas are a giant flop. Don’t worry, we’ve apologized to our oldest child. :) Against that backdrop, we entered into the era of cell phones. Our then eleven year old daughter was babysitting a lot and many families no longer have a landline, making a cell phone a must. The whole cell phone conversation caught us by surprise and happened earlier than we originally imagined it would. (We seriously thought she would enter the cell phone phase when she got a car.) As we began to look for the best deals on phones, we found several used iPhones at a very low cost. My husband and I are both iPhone users, and know how much we love our phones, so we chose a used iPhone that cost a v...
Encouragement for the journey.