Sunday, August 5, 2012
Um, about that friend request
I joined Facebook last night, Red Bird. This morning my finger is hovering over the delete account button. Why did I join? Well first and foremost because I miss my daughter. As a teen, (sorry dear, I mean almost adult!), Facebook is her means of communication. She tolerates my techno inadequacies by kindly emailing with me, but if I want to feel closer to her and catch up on her comings and goings, it is to Facebook I must turn. Further down the list are reasons such as this Blog and your amazing job of getting it out there. The thing is, as you know , I am a very private person. Within seconds of signing up, Facebook presented me with a very long list of all the people I know, might know or have never heard of who would be willing to be my friend. It quite frankly scared the crap out of me. Can I live up to expectations? Will I be a worthy friend? Do I really want to share my life with ALL these people. I realize the paradox of sharing those fears on a Blog about my life. The difference is anonymity. Here I am Sparrow, out there I am just me, and is that enough?
What this reaction has made me realize is that I am not accepting of who I am. So, in the spirit of this journey and flying free, I will remove my finger from the delete button. I will accept my life and all it's triumphs and failures. Compare and dissect all you want, that's how it went down.
Ever forward, Red Bird, ever forward.
Always yours, Sparrow.
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I ADORE YOU!!! Actually, because of the privacy issue, I changed all of my information on Twitter so that people interacting with me on that social media site(people who, for the most part, don't know who I am)don't have a name to connect to me and my blog postings. I have been active on Facebook for about 2 years now, mostly with people who have known me for over 20 years so I'm not concerned with anonymity on that score. I completely understand the need to press the delete button(I actually did it once before) and, in my humble opinion, I think you should if it's too bizarre a feeling. Your oldest will find other ways to connect cause, let's be honest, she's going to "privacy control" you anyway! Plus, I'll screen shot the birdieandsparrow page for you from time to time when there's any new information or updates on it and I can post things under your name for you! Again, I ADORE you and, knowing you as well as I do, I'm not at all surprised by your reaction! I'll watch my "friends list" and see if you disappear!
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