Raising Brooklyn by Tamara R. Mose

Author:Tamara R. Mose
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2009-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

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Mobility for the Nonmobile

Cell Phones, Technology, and Childcare

As we walked toward the park—Debbie with Taylor, the child she cared for, and I with my son, Matisse—Debbie stood still in front of the public library to check her cell phone. The phone’s red light was flashing. There were three messages awaiting her. Debbie explained that Molly, who was working that day, was to meet her at the library before storytime to tell her what she was doing for the day, so she was expecting Molly’s call. Debbie added just before listening to the messages that “if it was too cold, Molly said that we could go by her [employer’s home], but that if it was nice, we could go to the park.” Debbie listened to the messages: none from Molly, but one from Hazel and two from a friend who was looking into booking a flight to Atlanta for Debbie, Shamin (another sitter from Grenada), and a few others for the Caribbean Carnival weekend. We continued toward the park, but there were no signs of Molly or Hazel. The park was surprisingly empty for that time of the morning—perhaps the sixty-degree weather with cool winds didn’t help. As soon as we entered the park, I sneezed several times in a row. Debbie was convinced that I was suffering from allergies. We stood on the ramp that led to the infant playground without entering once we noticed that no one we knew was inside the play area. With impatience and concern over my excessive sneezing, Debbie decided to find out where Hazel was instead of waiting for her and called her on the cell phone. Hazel answered and told Debbie that she was “now comin’ to the park.” We awaited her arrival.

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