With Ben’s help, I had my wished-for birthday conference call with my mother and three aunts, who were all there when I was born 65 years ago. My sister was on the call; so was “Mean Uncle John.”  It was the first time we tried to use Skype for a call, and it was nip and tuck. I didn’t know if  it would work, but I knew we wouldn’t give up. We didn’t. It did! We DID it!