Stalker

Are you stalking me?

Did that just make you duck your head down alittle... so I don't see you on my computer screen?

I pulled my head over to the right alittle so my face was not in the direct path of the light on my screen.

Does he have magical powers so he can see me looking at the pictures he posted of his weekend fun?

I typed that without my eyes on my keyboard because my head was under the desk. See me now?

I am not a highly "social" person. I like simple and don't need alot of stimuli to make my world rock. But, I do like to keep an interest in my children's lives. Maybe keeping an interest in your children's lives means eyeballs are involved with that. But, God put them in my head so I think I am suppose to use them.

When my son went away to college, he might as well have gone to Saturn to study whether or not sand forms there and if it does, can a person make sand castles with it. I heard from him as frequently as I pay quarterly taxes. I didn't even get kept updated with pictures to see if he grew any taller than he was when he left home.

I needed to think of how I could make myself included in his life. Not as a partner at parties, or a Mom following after him to see what he wanted for dinner. Just a simple Mom that had a son and poof....he vanished.

Maybe college kidnapped him, but I was a Mom and I would find him. All Mom's have detective skills and I was going to use mine.......I found facebook.

I not only found my son, but my daughters too. I felt like Sherlock Holmes.. with a hair-do. I joined and requested friendships with my children. My girls accepted. My son wrote me a message and said with a sharp stroke of his keyboard, "Mom, facebook is not for grownups". For a moment I thought of writing him back that I was not a grownup...I was his Mom, but I didn't think that would be a wise choice of words. So I chose better words......"Martha Stewart is on facebook". A year later he accepted my friendship. I immediately wrote on his wall....I love you, xoxo. He deleted it and asked me if I was stalking him.

After we set up ground rules....my son telling me, "Don't send kisses on my wall or I love you messages on it either".. He explained to me how I could tell him all of that via a private message. I agreed and acted like I had to defend my stand but the truth was, I didn't realize I could send a private message.

My son is now getting his Masters degree early and I have been able to keep up with his life and be included in it for a few years now. Many of his friends friended me too. More Mom's started using facebook and I was not an alone stalker anymore. I was......a facebook member, like Martha Stewart.

I have given many heartfelt gifts over the past week. Many were notes left for people I love and yes, I wrote them through facebook. Some, were I love you's with kissess right smack down on their front page too :)

This past week I have received loving thoughts from members right here on 29gifts too. Right on my page and many through my mailbox. I have felt the friendship of people that care alot about others. I am blessed. But, I have to tell you something.....

I have been stalking your blogs.

Much love, xoxo

Myra