Well I finally did the dirty deed and followed the rest of the world by signing up for facebook. There are several reasons it took me so long to get it, but the biggest reason was that I was just being stubborn. There are certain things that I set my mind against sometimes, especially if it's just a passing trendy fad. Facebook, it turns out is not just a passing trend.
To not have facebook these days seems to almost be like not having a telephone.
My cousin Julie was one of the reasons I decided to break down and get facebook. She has been posting a lot of family pictures of my Mom's side of the family from back in the day. Here is what she posted today.
Mom, Dad and my oldest brother Nathan
Another of my cousins (Vickie Williams) posted this picture of my Grandma Hunt today.
She had this poem she had written to go along with it.
My Grandma's Hands
The greatest gift was given to me
not all at once but slow.
It started out with homemade bread
canned peaches in gold bowls
My mother told me stories
of her cleaning others' homes,
of bathing sisters who had not learned
basics at their mother's knee.
As years went by I saw her work
I watched her making pies.
She slipped across the street with one
for the widow who had none
And then when I was old enough
she asked me to come along,
to sing a song and bring a smile
for a an older sister left alone.
As one and all who've crossed her path
are touched by her kind hands,
she looks at them and longs
for the beauty of yester years gone.
She hides them in her apron.
They embarrass her, but not me,
for they have enveloped and
have loved - everyone -
not just me.
They're a testament of service
for everyone to see.
By Victoria S. Williams
I've been feeling a need to be more connected with people lately-especially my extended family. Since my Grandma was older when she had my Mom and my Mom was older when she had me, I have never known my cousins as well because they are all much older than I am. I also have a completely different set of memories of Grandparents than they or even my siblings do. It will be nice now to reconnect with family and get to know them better.
Facebook will be fun, but I'll have to watch myself and make sure I'm not wasting a bunch of time on it. That was another of my fears for getting facebook. I don't think I'll do much posting on it. I'll save that for my blog. My facebook account will exist mostly so that I can spy on others:)
