The virtues of Facebook (part one)

I am very grateful for Facebook for one reason ( no it is not because of the online farming ). I am so lucky that I have been able to reconnect with so many important people in my life. Sometimes it is nice to reconnect with someone solely to see how they are doing and what they are up to, but on the very rare, very nice occasion you get to reconnect with someone and you know that you have come back into each others lives for a reason. I reconnected with a friend I haven't seen or spoken to in 12 years. We exchanged phone numbers and had a nice long phone chat. She has just been cleared of cancer after 5 long years of worry. She was able to give me some very needed advice and incite into what I have been going thru with my daughter. And she was thinking about making a career change, going from the world of designing computer games to getting into teaching. I was able to give her some incites on making a complete shift in mentality and starting over at 40 something.

Facebook is more than just farming and a place to place inappropriate pictures of your friends... it is a great tool to help to make real world connections.