Farewell Facebook...

WHAT?!?!?!?!  I can hear your collective gasps as we speak.  These gasps are peppered with anxious inquiries...
YOU DEACTIVATED YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT?
WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING?
IS IT FOREVER?
HOW WILL YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON?

Well, let me tell you why & quiet the fears that I have lost my mind/will drop off the planet.

For much of the past few years, I have struggled with the direction my life has taken.  I've fought God's plan tooth & nail in my spirit.  I've allowed myself to become overwhelmed & frustrated.  I've succumbed to the endless comparison that is inevitable when you watch the lives of everyone YOU'VE EVER KNOWN unfold on a minute by minute basis.  I've wasted copious amounts of time "surfing" Facebook, reading things that really don't matter in the grand scheme of life.  I've allowed precious time that I could have spent with my sweet children and my wonderful husband to disintegrate as I emotionally check out while reading about how everyone else is spending their existence.  I've stopped recording the precious moments and memories that I so treasure.
Facebook didn't "take" that from me.  I did.
I allowed Facebook to be more important than time with God, time with my husband, time with my kids.  I've watched it disintegrate the time I spend with my childhood family when we're all together…I've sat in the living room on the rare occasions we are all together and felt like I didn't even know how to have a conversation because I can't compete with the inevitable draw of the SMARTPHONE.  I've stayed up too late & not read good books, been cranky with my kids, disconnected from my husband.
For what?
Don't get me wrong, I've been blessed in many ways by the relationships I was able to maintain through FB.  I've read life changing articles, laughed my a** off, cried tears of joy/sorrow/love, celebrated beautiful moments and been incensed by thoughts/opinions/situations.
BUT.
Not one of those things can hold a candle to the love I have for my husband, my children & my family. So today, I bid FB a fond farewell, thank it for our good times, bad times and in between times.  In return, I'll promise to consider one day coming back.
For now, though, I'll be busy adoring the moments I'm living RIGHT NOW.

stay tuned!
love,
tiff