Parents Using College Acceptances to Compete

pouncecat2
Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:26:44 +0000

Maxwellequations - I agree about passing on the joy. I love hearing good news on FB…there is so much negative stuff that the joy should be shared too.

I joined FB 4 years ago when DD09 was travelling so we could keep in touch. She didn’t have to post to me but just post something everyday - even the weather and we knew she was fine. Then the day came that H asked if I had Skyped d her lately. I said -Oh, she’s posting on FB she’s fine…to which DD13 said - Well that horiscope thing is an automatic post that’s not her. She hadn’t posted in three days - sure enough she was in the hospital! After her travels I ignored FB for about a year during which I failed to acknowledge several old HS friends’ requests. Eventually life settled down and I decided to re-engage in the FB world but to my dismay a long ago friend had passed of cancer two days earlier and I never knew of her six month battle. I have been faithful to check FB ever since. I can’t tell you the sadness I feel about that lapse.