Somewhere Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiger Woods & John Edwards are on a Skype conference call giggling about Anthony Weiner and his less-than-safe choice in Twitter passwords.

It’s about once a month that a scandal story like this arises.  We have the same debates & psycho-analyzation.  ”Why do some in the public eye gravitate toward the seedy?” “They seemingly have everything, do they need to fulfill some sort of living-on-the-edge thrills?”   “Can we separate someone’s ‘private life’ from their ‘public life’?”

(See: ‘NotSoSoccerMom Sits Down With The Three Johns’ http://notsosoccermom.com/2010/02/13/notsosoccermom-sits-down-with-the-3-johns/ )

I look at it through a different angle.    In recent years, Facebook & Twitter and texting have joined phonecalls, Email, & face-t0-face communication as acceptable means to communicate.

But, sometimes, you hear in :  ”It’s the Facebook & Twitter.”   People are quick to admonish all these new mediums as the culprit when said Congressman mis-uses Twitter or a Rutgers student mis-uses YouTube or a teen misuses texting.

I proudly stand up for Facebook and Twitter.  Many still view them as toys.   I won’t judge someone who says “I don’t have time for Facebook” or only gets on once or twice a month.  I do bet that they either A) haven’t moved in the last 5-8 years, B) work in an industry or business that is locally owned so they perceive there is no gain  C) Say “I don’t WANT to say HI to my  High School boyfriend, girlfriend, ex-husband’s hairdresser etc   or D) Think it’s ‘one more thing to keep up with.’

And that’s fine.

Over the last 3 years in being on Facebook, I’ve reconnected with college girlfriends to pray for an ailing sorority sister. We all felt as close as if it were 1992 at the Tri-Sigma house.  I started this very website as a result of a Facebook friend’s nudge.   Tomorrow I will dine with new friends and my new Friday am show co-host whom I met through Twitter.

It’s not just that: My husband’s Aunt can now see up to the minute pictures & video of her great-nieces and nephew.  You chat with friends from your gym about this morning’s Zumba class. A room is diffused at a 20 year reunion when old classmates already know each other’s ‘small-talk.’

You get me.

And Thanks to these new forms of communication we can all be aware of our NotSoSoccerMom.com’s business partner and close-friend Mr. Robert Barrett’s returning battle with cancer. And we can come together, if only virtually, to support and pray for him.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/robertbarrett

Jill

For everyone that thinks they are patently silly or only occasion check-ins, there are many of us that LOVE and live by these communication tools.   So, don’t NOT start a Twitter account because you think it’s all stupid celebrities or Congressmen being lewd.  And please jump on your Facebook.  We want to keep connecting with YOU.

Thank you for letting me share this.

Please visit Robert’s page.

*This blog is dedicated to Dina Clifford, my Twitter friend in Florida.*