The setup: My wife, 7 months pregnant, with twins. Her parents, in the Dominican Republic on vacation. My sister-in-law, working in France for the summer. The plot: My wife's water breaks. The doctors determine that our twin girls will be born within the week, two months early. Her parents are not due to return for three more days. We can't call her parents from the hospital, and there's no way I'm leaving my wife alone. How Gmail saved the day: using Gmail on my blackberry, I email my sister-in-law in France. We spend some time chatting, and she calls the parents. They change their flight to Tuesday, and get to the hospital on Tuesday night. The next day, our twins are born, and their grandparents are there. The Epilogue: I post all of their first pictures, from the hospital's wireless, on my Picasa site, and share it with friends and family, using my Gmail address.
Thomas Bowers, IT
Connecticut
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