by BirdbyBird » Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:11 pm
I also just joined recently after a request from my 63 year old step sister, who lives in NYC. (We have each others e-mail but are not really close and have only communicated much when my father started to go down hill physically but requested that I take over power of attorney, and become Trustee for his Trust because he no longer trusted the mental capacity of his wife (my step- mother) to make decisions in his best interest. We communicated a lot at that time - just so I could convince her to get back to Ohio and visit her own mother, so she could evaluate the situation first hand.) Anyway...I decided that any connection with her was more than we had now. The plus was that my son in NYC and daughter in NC, who had already joined to keep in touch with their high school, 4-H, college and work people agreed to let their "ma" be a friend. Now every time my son is off traveling to some end of the earth, I know about it without him having to remember to call home.... My daughter is an educator and she keeps her site very private and allows no comments or pictures from others to be shown. I found out from another teacher friend of mine that educators are warned about using either site MS or FB......primarily because it is so easy for others to post anything on your site which may or may not be true and may or may not be good for your career. This way I do know that she can check out any pictures I post and knows what I am up to. She is able to put a comment on my page that just I can read, but no one can see what it is by looking at her page. I have found several classmates from high school and college. It has also been a way to keep in touch with my past co-workers from the Vet clinic I worked for last year. It has its benefits, but is not as dazzling as it is made out to be.
Tina and the furry companions...Lark, Audrey and Jane