When I published my first post in over 2 years a few days ago I didn't expect much. In the anonymous, fast-paced world of social-media that's a long time, and I never was much of a presence in the first place.
In order to avoid OCD-like behaviors, of which Dad had a few tendencies so I'm a little sensitive to that, I decided I would wait 5 days after posting (my first goal was 7 days but that seemed just too unatainable) before checking to see if I had a big fat zero in the hit column. - - I made it three days - well, two and a half - and boy was I surprised!
Back when I was posting regularly I struggled to climb into the teens of hits during the first week of a post, often not even making it that far. To see nearly 30 hits in a couple of days was shocking, and even more important, 5 comments! (The vast majority of my previous posts have generated zero comments)
I'm still feeling a little tentative about this whole thing - getting back into social-media, but so far it's been way more than I expected.
At the risk of sounding mushy, thanks.
We missed you, Greg. *Fist Bump*
ReplyDeleteBump back atcha!
DeleteDitto John. 🎉
ReplyDeleteYou likely saw my comment on John's blog. I've been asking the hospice nurses about how it is. They claim it's individual, but they each, I've talked w four, encourage mushiness. And let me tell you, these are not lightweights. One has trauma E.R. exp., another was/is a cardiac E.R. specialist. The other two are also "experienced."
Mush On!
I'm not great at mush. I'm not sure if that's Mom or Dad. Maybe a bit of both. In later years Mom loved going through her lifetime-worth of photo albums with anyone willing to sit down with her. She'd run her fingers over faces and lament that they were gone, or some event had happened, but somehow it always seemed like she felt better afterwards. She was an expert at finding the good in people or actions, but like a true Christian she was highly skilled at dishing out niceness and forgiveness with one hand while surreptitiously cutting bone-deep with the other!
DeleteWhaddyuh mean yer not great at mush?!?! Without wanting to put words in anyone's mouth I'm gonna venture that every one of the visitors here has a penchant for mush. Just LOOK at their blogs!
DeleteThis post proves you come by it honestly.
Christians! Where's a good lion when yuh need one?