The time has come to put away childish things. I think that is
what I am thinking.
I guess it has been about 12 years, or so, I have maintained
an account on face book: that social media that took the internet by storm some
years ago.
The childish part that I mentioned was how I spent the
majority of time on facebook playing games. The bingo games available definitely
held my attention for hours at a time.
Truth be told there were friends I kept up to date with that I
will miss. I first met Breda many years ago, on a blog she maintained. I do not
remember the name of the blog, but she caught my attention and was able to keep
it.
I met Katherine through her blog Smoky Mountain Cafe. A
transplanted Louisianan to Tennessee. With facebook, she didn't need to maintain
the blog mch anymore.
Lori, whom I met when we were driving school bus back, seems
like centuries ago. She no longer utilized email, and thus kept me up to date
with her photos and adventures through facebook. We still call and text on
occasion and get together every once in a while for coffee of
lunch.
It seems, to me, there is value in social media. Though it can
become an addiction like anything else that will consume your time and
attention.
After the many years I participated in facebook, recently I
ran up against their algorithims for logging in. Within a two week period, I was
locked out the system, which refused to verify my loggin security information.
Three times in that two weeks I was forced to change my password in order to log
in. The fourth time I was prompted to change my password, I decided, enough is
enough. My world does not revolve around facebook. I do not have a "smart phone"
that would keep me in constant contact with any social media on the internet, so
why get my granny pants in a wad over petty stuff. Ergo, I emailed the support
people and asked them to remove my account.
Thus I have come back to this blog I started a number of years
ago, who anyone can access.
May the Good Lord bless and keep you, til we meet
again.
