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Personalized cellphone ringtones: how I communicate that I'm a parent when I'm without my kids

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Today I was standing in line at the post office when I noticed a mother and her baby. I could not help but smile at his gummy grin and almost nonexistant hair thinking of my sons' early years. I looked at the mother willing to tell her how cute her little boy was. That she should not worry about what others might think about his crawling in the alleys and occasionally letting out a shriek of happiness. That I understand. That I have kids too.

But somehow, for some reasons I have yet not fully grasped, I did not.

This reminded me of Sarah's post last month about "what we do to communicate our status as parents when we're without our kids". Reading her article I did think about wearing one of those Alpha Mom t-shirt and having my sons' picture screened on one of these bags. But instead, I came up with another idea.

Recently, I discovered that my new cellphone's features include a voice recorder, which means that it is capable of recording voices and use them as ring tones. Yesterday, I sat the boys down and explained what I needed them to do - just shout "Mommy! Telephone!" and after a few failed attempts, here's what I've come up with and is now my cell phone ringtone.

You should see the happy look on my face when my phone rings in public places.

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