I want to go down in history as the old woman who loved facebook!

My dear friend Tom Henry, Professor at UVU, posted this as his facebook status one day:

I used to think Facebook was the pinnacle of narcissism, the summit of self-love... but now, I think of Facebook as: The Happy News... babies born, cute kids adorn, engagements, marriages, baptisms, old friends getting together, hot chicks, cool dudes, pictures of my hot wife at my disposal, old friends, new friends, family members, interesting commentary, weird videos...

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I want to go down in history as the  50 year old woman who loved facebook! 

Here is my response to his status post: 

Oh Tom! You have it so right! Some people like to pontificate on here, but by far and away the huge majority of facebook  is connecting...connecting!  

Connecting is a lost art in these crazy days...facebook is our way of connecting and reconnecting with all the people that we care about, just as you said:...
" we get to see babies born,  cute kids adorn, engagements, marriages, baptisms, old friends getting together, hot chicks from my past and present, pictures of my hot wife at my disposal, old friends, new friends, family members, interesting commentary, weird videos".....

...and then we get to hear about the bad news that we would have missed if it weren't for our facebook homepage news feed...even if all we can respond to our friends tragedies and bad news is with a simple, "oh I am so sorry, I care"...that is so much more than we would have done if we didn't have facebook to connect us.....

So many times in the darkness of life, my simple facebook status has rallied my friends around me and they have sent short sentences of caring, concern and support....this outpouring of friendship and love would never have happened if I did not have a 'social utility to keep me connected with my friends and family'.....facebook is an incredible way to stay connected!