Our moments matter. (aka, goodbye facebook)

  Facebook started out innocent enough.  Keep in touch with family, share pictures with friends, and get in touch with long lost people from the past.  But what it has turned into is out of control.  It may be partially about the things it used to be, but its also about a bunch of things that it was never intended to be.  It shares information you don't care to (or realize), it is a total time suck, ads selling you things you google searched come up all the time (creepy!) and most (at least for me as a mom) is that it causes comparison between other people, kids, families, and moms.   Comparison really is the true thief of joy. I found that instead of doing fun activities for the sake of doing them or capturing a picture of Palmer in all his cuteness, just for the sake of having it, it (partially) has gotten to the point where every event needs to be shared.  In my insecurities, without realizing it, I was trying to prove that I was a good mom, a good wife, that my child was adorable (which he is, duh!) and we "had it all together."  In an odd way, I started to feel like a tourist in my own life.   If it wasn't posted, did the event really happen?  Why yes, yes it did.  And by golly, some of the joy was stripped from it because I was not actually being in the moment with Palmer, with Ross, with our family.   Being connected at all times, has become a way of life, but it doesn't have to be.  We can still document our lives, and share with friends and family, without being connected 24/7 to facebook (or any other social media, for that matter).  I am heading back to work soon, and our time together as a family will be even more precious.  I'm not forfeiting one moment to facebook.   Join us if you want, or not, this blog is for us.  This blog is for family.   This blog is for future Palmer.   Because our moments, and his moments matter. 

(And because no blog feels complete without a picture - we'll call this one "Mama Sable is always watching")