A reflecting moment

So I have found Facebook to be absolutely lovely!  I have a daily contact with family and friends... a little update here and there on what they are doing.   

I get to be connected to family members that I would probably never see except maybe at a funeral.  The one time families usually get all together at one place. 

I have connected with friends all the way back from high school.  I have been choosy... not just anyone can be my friend on facebook.  But I have loved seeing what they are doing and seeing their pictures.   

To me it is all like having a forever reunion with those you care about and love.  What could be better then that. Seriously!

And a blog... the joy of having a blog where friends and family can take a peek at what I am thinking and doing in a little more detail.  Where I can do Birthday Tributes to honor and talk about those I love-- while they are alive.   It is all such a good thing.

And today facebook and the blog converged.  

My cousin Cat has a friend who has just passed away.  She

shared that on facebook.  Provided us links to the obituary, shared pictures.   She is a new mother, gave birth to twins in February.  A life taken too soon.  A husband left with two little infants and the love of his life is gone.   It hit to the core.   Life is full of unexpected events-- some good and some bad.

And the blog.   

This new mother had recently started a blog... sharing her pregnancy, the loss of jobs for both her husband and herself, and the joy of finding out they were having twins.   Her story is there, it is written, it is shared.   

Get a blog... make it private, make it public, just make it your own.  A place that you write your story to be shared while you are alive and to be cherished long after you are gone. 

The link to her blog is here.