If someone had told me 18 years ago I’d be holding a small video camera and communicating ‘live’ with my daughter…I probably would have said, ‘Shut up!’ Then if that person told me I’d be talking ‘in real-time’ while my daughter was in Beijing, on her round-the-globe-adventure…I believe I would lean in and ask that person to tell me more.

Enter FaceTime and how Xernay and I have been communicating lately.  From California, to Honolulu, to Narita and now Beijing and I have to say [despite the time differences] it works pretty good.

Logistically, where ever Xernay can get Wifi, we have been able to get a FaceTime connection. Strangely, when she calls up, it notes that it is coming via her gmail account.  Yet, she’s still having difficulties accessing her gmail email account.  One word: firewalls.  We are working on this too.