One thing that seems to always live up to the hype is mom groups on Facebook. Since I’m married, I get some inside access to a few mom groups thanks to Angela. There always seems to be drama on them. Moms can be ruthless. Social media in general seems to be that way lately. You can get on twitter swipe for a while, click on a random tweet and there is a good chance there will be people arguing in the comments. Complete strangers will go back and forth over something so petty. Sometimes I am tempted to jump in and comment, but I have learned (the hard way) that it is way better to stay out.
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Being A Better Friend
In our social media driven society, I feel like I do a decent job of keeping up with the people in my life. I scroll through posts and see what’s going on in my friends’ lives. I’ll even like some posts or maybe throw up a comment or two. But this morning I came to the realization that I am actually pretty terrible at keeping up with people. It’s no secret that social media is very shallow. We are only seeing the surface of what is going on (unless you are friends with people who overshare- then you know everything about them). Angela and I were talking on the way to church and she mentioned that this past week she had a face to face conversation with a friend that went so much deeper than it ever would have over a text. [Read more…] about Being A Better Friend