Teaching an old dog new tricks...

Awhile back Laura talked me into having a Facebook page. I resisted, yet Laura set one up anyway so I could see pictures as she posted new ones and we could chat once in awhile. I still resisted (thinking Facebook was just for the younger generation), but eventually curiosity got the best of me and I sneaked a peek at my profile. I eased into it slowly. It is, after all, hard to teach an "old dog" new tricks. But in not much time at all I was checking things each time I walked by the computer. Yeah, I'm a geek and I'm hooked. The really unexpected, yet wonderful thing about Facebook has been reconnecting with friends I've known most of my life. Some I've known since kindergarten! Many were friends from church youth group, and many are high school friends. I've been away from Indiana since 1985 and many of these friends I haven't seen since I graduated from high school in 1977. It's been awesome to discover that time/distance kind of melt away. Many times when I've posted a message asking for prayer or emotional support, it's been friends from my childhood who have responded with positive words of encouragement. So yeah, even though I still kind of feel that Facebook is for the younger generation, I enjoy it, too. Don't laugh! You really CAN teach an old dog new tricks!