My past has caught up with me and I couldn't be happier. An old friend of mine sent me a link to Facebook nearly two years ago. He said it would be a great way for us to stay in touch. I just dismissed as something else I didn't need to be bothered with.
Once I had my stroke; I had second thoughts. During my healing process, I had lots of time on my hands and am not a fan of daytime TV. Seriously, how many talk shows and soaps can one person watch?
So I set up my account. Then things started happening. A whole new world opened up to me. I started hearing from former co-workers and local friends. I was content with that. Then something totally unexpected happened...I found some treasured friends from high school and college. I discovered several childhood friends, an old boyfriend, the best intern I ever had, my college roommate, my high school locker partner, my drama teacher, and my dance partner from my single "clubbing" days. My friends are spread out all over the globe. Some people look the same; some have changed. Others need to put pictures up.
However, I'm filling in all the gaps when we catch up with each other. I'm seeing family photos and watching some videos. I'm IMing with friends and my daughters hear me laugh late at night. I watched Obama become our first African American president be elected while getting polling results from friends in other states courtesy of IMing. We celebrated his victory together.
I play a few games like water gun, snow, and pillow fights. I send girlfriends flowers. I send people my heart in a book (I am a writer after all) and it just feels good to connect with people who really know me.
Probably one of my favorite things about Facebook is updating my status. The comments have opened up other discussions. When my status read: "Kind of wishing that all the dirty clothes would walk to the washer and was themselves so I don't have to" my friends wanted to buy my secret so they could do the same thing to. One time I took a test to determine where I should meet Mr. Right and it told me in a bookstore. One of my guy friends read that and posted on my wall, you don't need to do that. Just grab him and tell him to come here. I just laughed. When I mentioned I started dating again in my status, that update made my friends cheer and they hoped that I would find Mr. Right.
I love my Facebook and reconnecting with friends. I'm so glad I took the plunge. I never know who I might find and I like that.
Posted By: Marsha Jones
Monday, November 30th 2009 at 10:49AM
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