Farewell Facebook...well for now

I've been on Facebook for a couple of years now.  It's been great.  I can send instant messages to whoever else can't sleep at night.  I can find out where my "friends" are checked in at any moment of the day.  I can watch my friends families grow.  However, there has been something missing that is so very important to me.  I have been missing true connections.  I have missed hearing what's really going on in my friends and families lives, and I've missed my friends really knowing what's going on in our lives.  Facebook has been great surface fun, but are we really, really keeping up with each other?  We are all guilty of getting caught up in the business of life, and avenues like facebook make it really easy to catch a quick glimpse of people we use to know.  But really, I don't remember the last time I spoke to some of my dearest friends on the phone. My hopes in ending my relationship with facebook, is that my connections with loved ones will be strengthened.  I don't know that disappearing from facebook will be a permanent decision, but it is certainly important that I vacate the premises of FB world for a few months at least to get back to reality.  I need to focus on my family and all of our new changes.  We have had such a big year and I am so in love with my life I could burst.  I hope that I can still share all of my joys with you all...just more on a personal note. So friends, you can expect alot more calls from me, because I'm still going to want to chat, and know where you are, and watch and hear about your families grow...I'm just going to want to really be present for it all!