Facebook

IT IS ADDICTING!!!! And, I love it! I have found more friends from my past life (ok wait - that sounds a little weird doesn't it - let me rephrase).....I have found more old friends that I can't even believe it.

You know how you grow up (ok - some of us never do -but WHATEVER) and move away - you start your own family, your own life and somehow - friends and co-workers kind of fade away. Not intentionally - but it's like - if they are not part of your every day life - they just tend to fade way...........I am guilty of this very thing. Once Arthur Andersen (god rest it's soul...I LOVED that place) lost it's battle in a court of law... :), and I wasn't seeing my friends everyday and eating lunch with them every day - I didn't have anything in common with them anymore and my life went on in a different area. You have to remember, I worked at AA (no, not Alcoholics Anonymous) for 18 years.......I was 16 years old when I was hired and I was 34 when they shut down - that is half my life - right there....so, I had some really dear friends - they were like my other family.......it was very sad when that ended......we all swore we would keep in touch - and with some of them - I try to see every quarter or something - but it has mostly been an email here and an email there.....very sad when we all live in the same town......however, along comes FACEBOOK and wham - there are a lot of my friends......even ones that I grew up with in Daisetta, Texas!!!!! Talk about a blast from the past!!!!

Alot of my friends on Facebook come from Life Tabernacle (where I graduated from LCA) and from Apostolic Temple where I went to church with my dad for several years (where he met his lovely wife, Shirley :)).......it's great to see and talk to them because most of them - I haven't seen since I left school..........one of my very bestest friends in the whole world (besides Vanessa and Doris) is Kay Pierce - we live in the same town - but we are both married with children and our lives have gone in different directions.......we would see each other once or twice at a wedding or a funeral and always promise to try and do better....but it is so hard sometimes....however, on Facebook - we have talked more to each other than we have in years!!!!!!! I love it!!!

Facebook is a great place to just send a quick note - let them know you are still thinking about them.....sometimes I walk down memory lane and it's great to see their faces and see those of us who are getting older (ok - I turn 40 in 6 weeks!!!!!!) and to see those of us who have children, and maybe even grandchildren.

Just remember, as with all other things - make sure your privacy is set to where only friends or friends of friends can see your profile - we don't want anyone that is crazy to steal anything like a picture of something and become you!!! I know, there are crazy people out there. All you have to do is go to your settings - then privacy settings, then profile and select your settings......

also remember, it's addicting!!!! Once you join - you will be forever checking to see who has someone you know that you want to keep in touch with!!!

Love it and love you guys....

scripture for the day......Romans 10: 11-12 (contemporary English version)
"The scriptures say that no one who has faith will be disappointed, no matter if that person is a jew or a gentile. there is only one lord, and he is generous to everyone how asks for his help".


be blessed
k