We LOVE St. Patrick’s Day at our house…we are Irish though and through and so we always make it a special day. We LOVE being Irish! Normally, I cook an Irish dinner but this year we decided to take everyone to the local Irish Pub to have dinner and hear live music. It was so much fun. We got there at 4:30 and only had to wait a little while for a table. The kids tried the soda bread and really enjoyed the Irish desserts! We hope you all had a great Irish day!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
The Power of Facebook
It has been just over a year since I have been on Facebook. I fought it with all that I had in me. I had no use for social networking and could not understand why people could not just use email. However, at that time, Keyan took a major turn in her health status and I suddenly found myself needed to get frequent bits of information to a lot of people. I needed her story to reach places that went beyond my email list. I needed support, prayers, ideas, and a way to keep everyone up to speed on the illness rollercoaster that we were on. I found myself needing to social network! I turned to Facebook, and am so glad that I set my stubbornness aside because not only has it served as a great way to keep people in the loop but it has been fun to reconnect with friends from my past and make new connections with great people.
A few weeks ago, our family got to experience the power of Facebook firsthand when I sent out a message about Jamahl having surgery. He was so worried about the surgery itself but also worried about spending the next two weeks recovering. I simply sent a message to people on my “friends” list asking them to send Jamahl some mail, hoping that the daily mail loot would take his mind off of things for awhile.Knowing that people are thinking about you, even if you don’t know who they are, really lifts your spirits when you are feeling yucky! So, from that message, some of our friends sent it on to some of their friends and literally from the day before his surgery to a few days after he returned to school, our mailbox was filled with cards, postcards, packages, letters, stickers, crafts, books, ect. It was so much fun. He received mail from over half of the states and several different countries! He loved trying to figure out the connection of how the person found out about him and he enjoyed seeing where they all came from.
When I sent the request on Facebook, I didn’t even tell anyone that I was doing it. I was afraid that my crazy idea would flop…who sends actual mail these days….but my friends, and their friends proved me so wrong. This pictures is only a portion of the stuff that Jamahl received during his two week recovery so don’t panic if you don’t see yours!!! A huge thanks to all who participated….you made his weeks at home so much more bearable and I have learned that social networking goes well beyond updating on Keyan’s current health status…it truly is about FRIENDS!
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