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About four months ago my parents installed security cameras in their house, one pointed at the front door and one at the back door, so that they could check in on the dogs during the day and so that they would have images of any burglars who tried to break in. The cameras are pretty cool -- they come with an iPhone app where you can log into the camera and watch what's going on in your home from your phone.

My mum has discovered a new use for these cameras. She's having a great time here, but of course she misses my stepfather, who is staying home and recovering after minor surgery. So in the evenings, after dinner, she logs into the phone and spends about ten minutes watching him putter around, feeding the dogs and fixing himself a meal.

It's basically like spending some time with him without having to hold a conversation, which -- and this is where it becomes super evident that I am her son -- is probably her preferable way of interacting with him most of the time. She loves him to bits, and it's not that we're not conversationalists, but towards the end of the day we prefer quiet. To be fair, so does my stepfather, so they're very well matched.

I just find it kind of adorable that she misses him, and uses creepy surveillance camera tech to fix her homesickness.