A couple of weeks ago, my now-16 year old sister Mary received a cell phone from my parents. Since she’s becoming more involved in activities and classes, they thought it best she have a phone. To her and the younger 2 sisters, it’s the coolest thing to have a phone. It’s a new expression of freedom, a sign that she’s more of an adult now, etc.

But the funny thing is that she barely uses it as a phone. She currently uses it more as a camera instead of a phone. And of course, the first thing she did was to put a picture of Zac Efron as the wallpaper on her phone. All 3 of my youngest sisters are crazy about “Zacky Honey” as they call him. And Mary’s birthday last week reflected this as she received CD’s, calendars, and cards all featuring Zac.

Mary loves her Zac cell phone wallpaper, so I decided to give her a nice surprise during her birthday week. One night, I was at my parents house alone. I was in the kitchen pouring myself a drink when I noticed that Mary had forgotten her phone on the counter. Well, of course I couldn’t resist, so I opened it up and started snapping pictures, until I finally captured the perfect pose. Have you ever tried taking a picture of yourself with a cell phone. It’s pretty difficult! Getting the right picture DID take awhile, but what are brothers for?

I set the new, beautiful picture as the phone background and went about my business. When Mary got home that night, I was in the kitchen reading the paper. She rushed over to her phone, saying how she couldn’t believe how she forgot it. As she opened it up to see if she had missed any calls, I could barely keep from smiling. But the scream as she noticed the different picture was priceless and well worth the effort. I thought it was a good replacement, but she apparently differed in opinion as she quickly swapped it back to “Honey.” Oh well…I had at least performed my required brotherly duty of harassing my sisters.

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