Facebook

Among my friends (and non friends), there is a lot of facebook talk and discussion.  Every person ascribes to their own idea- facebook is stupid, superficial, a waste of time, drama ground, a show and tell fest, limited, ridiculous, pointless, and numerous other things.
And here's what I feel... I completely agree, but I also see another side. 
I think facebook is a directory to my friends so that I can reach out to them wherever I might show up. 
Today is my next to last day in the Vancouver-Portland area, and I happened to see that a friend I met in Yellowstone Park maybe five years ago just moved here.  I sent her a message via facebook and told her I'd love to get together with her this weekend, and then she called me today and we met up face to face for lunch and some catching up.
It was wonderful! It was great to see a familiar face and how she had changed, how beautiful her daughter is, and what is going on in her life.  I loved it. 
I have a lot of other stories I could share with you about how I have connected to people through facebook, but I will leave it at this.  Without facebook, I would not have seen these beautiful faces today.