“Call when you get there” used to be a standard part of travel. The quick phone call would let loved ones know you arrived safely.

These days, we don’t anticipate that call the same way. With technology, we can check-in at any time. A call or text. A flight-tracking app. Location services. It’s all at our fingertips. We don’t have to wait.

But let’s not confuse knowing someone’s GPS coordinates with knowing how they’re feeling. Or what they’re thinking. Or where they are on their journey.

Connected as we are through technology, we still have to do the work of staying connected as humans.