My fancy smartphone could never give me what the landline gave my grandmother

My fancy smartphone could never give me what the landline gave my grandmother

The reason this story is a family staple is because it is true to the bone. My grandmother, her three sisters, and a brother were communication wizards in an era when internet was a thing of science fiction. There was no family news that did not travel at the speed of sound, and there was no family member who was spared this attention.