{You're Quitting Facebook? WHY?!?}

If you're reading this, most likely you know that I recently announced the deactivation of my Facebook account. I know, in this day and age, it seems like Facebook is a day to day necessity for most people. And, yes, I have spent my fair share of time on it over the last several years. You see, that is the problem. I have spent my fair share of time, plus much much more time, on it over the last several years.
When I first got on the networking site, I enjoyed "catching up" with old friends and seeing what people were up to. Over time, it stopped being less interactive and more "looking in from the outside" and has become an overly time consuming avenue that has led me to compare myself and my life and family to others. Yes, I still enjoy seeing the fun news of weddings, births, pregnancies, and every thing else going on in everyone's lives, but I realized, I am spending so much time looking at what other people are doing instead of actually picking up the phone to call the person. I know I will lose touch with a lot of my Facebook "friends" but in actuality, how can a person be considered a friend, in the true sense of the word, if I haven't spoken a word to them in years? I get the "likes" on my statuses and photos and the occasional comment, but, honestly, I haven't had a real conversation with over 90% of the people on my "friends" list in weeks, months, or years. I want meaningful friendships that are real, face to face friendships where we know each other for who we really are, not who we seem to be on Facebook.

I hope that I can spend more time with my face not looking at a computer or smartphone screen, and, quite honestly, being so easily distracted with the things of this world. If I profess to be a believer, my time should be spent in the Word and in prayer, not spending loads of time on the internet. I am not condemning people for having a Facebook account, or saying that it is wrong to have it, but in my personal case, I spend more time lately focusing on the things of the world than on things eternal, and my relationship with my Savior is suffering because of it.

This blog is mainly to keep family and friends updated on our lives. It most likely won't be anything earth shattering or even very interesting or well written, but I like to chronicle our lives, especially with our growing boy, and have kept pictures with captions on facebook for so long and have been afraid of losing them all. I have now downloaded all of my pictures and will start putting them on here.


Feel free to comment at any time, or email me or even call me :)