Technology advancements have allowed an extension beyond a person's internal boundary and extended it beyond their person to an external source. What am I referring to.... cellphones, laptops, social media, email, etc. These are password protected individually organized things that allow you to take a step beyond the personal boundary and into a space even closer to their true selves.
Having an "All Access Pass" to my sister's world was something I needed to brace myself for. I knew I needed to be smart about gathering the information so my first step was back up her phone to my laptop. I wasn't going to get into the messages and snooping in places I have been scolding throughout childhood trying to explore. My sister kept journals growing up and had spiral notebooks she passed back and forth with friends that I always attempted to sneak in her room to read so I could understand what her world was like. She being five years older I always wanted to know what she was doing so I could use that knowledge to plan ahead for myself to reduce my anxiety of the unknown. She was my window into the future but I being five years younger always got caught, always told to her stuff alone so there was always that level of mystery that my imagination and love of movies could dream up all sorts of things.
Was she Molly Ringwald from Sixteen Candles who felt awkward and felt everyone forgot her but ended up with the coolest guy in school?
Was she Alicia Silverston from Clueless popular and everyone wanted to be her?
Was she Julia Robert's from Sleeping with the Enemy?
From my sister's point of view what did the world look like. Who did she talk to? What was she struggling with? What could have happened?
While I waited for phone to backup onto my laptop I thought of all the other apps and access I may need. I didn't know how long I would be granted access to her phone as my brother in law said, "So you can get pictures for the funeral." My time was short but I needed to be thorough and I knew it. There were too many unanswered questions.
I researched and discovered I could back up a Facebook Account. I started a list of things I needed to backup so I could access even when I didn't have the physical phone.
My mom had gone to work as it was monthend. She told them she was given cellphone and the intern perked up. He was an Accounting major but had worked for a cellphone company. When my mom came home my dad was already tasked with finding an iPhone same version as my sisters. It could be used but had to be same version and we needed it as soon as possible.
If you haven't already guested it we needed a new phone because we had someone who could clone her phone. This would allow us to gather as much information as we could even after returning her actual phone to my brother-in-law. Time was of the essence. I was still tasked with backing everything I could to my laptop because in addition to photos and wanting to put together a slideshow for the funeral home we had a lot of other things now happening.
Wednesday was coming and we had to meet my brother-in-law and his mom to choose flower arrangements and then it was the big day. Mom and dad would be visiting the City Police Department the jurisdiction my sister lived in as my parents live in the township. They were going to discuss our concerns that there was fowl play. Anxiety for me was at all time high... is this reality?
Focus in the task at hand... backup everything I can and go through photos while I waited and place them in a folder for dad to convert to slideshow.
Time was ticking and it was going to be another late night. Little did I know Wednesday would have another emotional hurdle to overcome.
To be continued...
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