My mom used to spend a lot of time on her telephone during my childhood. She was one of seven siblings and kept in contact with them and a whole bunch of people via the landline in our house. It cost quite a lot of money every month and she and my dad had many conversations about this, according to my dad, completely unnecessary expense. He refused to answer the phone or make any use of it, creating a clear distance between himself and the thing that featured so hugely in my mom's life.
He teased her too. In the Bible, the story of the people of Israel creating a statue of a calf from gold is recorded. They tried to replace God in this way worshipping the statue as an idol. Whenever the phone rang in our house my dad would refuse to answer even if he was right next to it. Instead, he would turn to my mother and say, 'Run baby run! The golden calf is bawling!'
This week was a busy one for me and I fondly remembered a time without cell phones. The reason for this reminiscing is that my cell phone's screen cracked so severely that I cannot use it anymore. I have been without a phone since the weekend and it has been a more difficult thing to adapt to than I thought it would be.
Here is a short list of some of the expected and unexpected things that the loss of my phone impacted on.
I'm sure the list is longer than this. And I'm sure your list may have something else on it. What would you miss if you lost your phone? Please share it with us in the comments here. There is a 
