I know it has been forever since I've blogged. The culprit...FACEBOOK. I got on facebook a month or so ago and found it so addicting I stopped blogging about all the cool things we've been doing in the Springs. Facebook has been amazing. In one place I can connect with all kinds of friends I wouldn't otherwise be in touch with. Old high school friends, my college newspaper friends, the elite IABC posse, Alexandria Jaycees, my Pittsburgh Just Moved sisters, Pittsburgh Mothers and More friends, and family. Instead of finding 15 minutes to journal about our outings, I can just post a sentence and I'm done. And I can see what my friends are up to and connect with them in a minute.
One day I checked my facebook friends and noticed that my niece "defriended" me. I am thinking, there is no way. Somethings up. My niece loves me. When she got to go to Bermuda for a week for her 15th bday, she picked me to be her friend to go with. I will always cherish that week we had together and am so grateful for the break from my baby and active 2 year old. My precious husband watched the kids that week and pushed me to go. I digress. I called my brother to find out wuzup. She is a junior in HS and decided that FB was a distraction and deactivitated her account. It made me think. Wow, what a mature decision. I realized how much time I was spending poking people and reading what old friends were up to, taking movie quizzes, I was missing out on other things, like blogging...
Having just moved and not having established friendships here in the Springs, it was such a comfort to be connected to my friends and family who know me and love me. At the same time, I wonder if that time took away opportunities to bond with my kids and seek out opportunities to connect in person to new people in the Springs. Friendships do take time to grow. Especially being a SAHM, I find you have to be intentional in building new relationships and that it takes time. It doesn;t just happen on its own, as it did going to college or belonging to a professional or social group.
I still like FB and am happy that I now connecting with people in my present life. I will just be more mindful about not getting sucked in.
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