This triumph is not really about me. I still have my smartphone and am not ready to make personal changes yet, though I probably should. My fellow carpool mother is the one who conquered here.

We’ve been carpooling together for two years, and our main chats were on WhatsApp. Everything was going as smoothly as carpools can go in Baltimore until this year when she asked our group to switch to texting so she could get rid of WhatsApp.

Honestly, it is annoying to use regular messaging groups, and I felt myself grumble a bit when she asked. Then it hit me. Was I going to be the reason someone couldn’t make the tech choices that she felt were necessary for her growth? How dare I grumble?

I heard many women say that they had all their carpools on WhatsApp and just couldn’t make tech changes because they were stuck using it. If my friend felt that WhatsApp was too much of a distraction for her to use anymore, then I should applaud her and do whatever is in my power to help a friend.

I then happily switched to regular messaging and felt a little of my own triumph that I wanted to share.