My brother and I try to visit our Mom once a week and as she's getting on in years some visits can be pretty funny. Last week was no exception.

She was trying to tell us a story and as she can be a bit forgetful was having a bit of a time trying to get the story sequence, plot and characters right. And she was getting a little desperate as she also wanted to maintain our rapt attention.

Well she wears one of these wrist buttons that when pressed start a two-way voice communication session with an organization that will confirm if the senior citizen is ok and if not alert the proper authorities. While trying to recount her story, my dear Mom accidentally pressed on the button and immediately from a little box in the other room a voice called out, "Are you all right? Are you all right?"

My brother and I reacted instinctively to make a dash to the other room to confirm to the disembodied voice that she was indeed ok and had simply pressed it accidentally. But Mom said, "No no, it's ok. It's happened before. Don't worry about it. Let him talk, I want to finish my story."

I love technology and I love my Mom...great!