Unplugging

I think life was so much simpler before the iphone. I left it alone once I got home from work. Now, between Facebook, Twitter and Angry Birds it feels like the phone is an extension of me and that is not a good thing.

So, I have quit facebook.

I deactivated my account this morning. And I'm not going to lie, it was hard to do. I enjoy facebook because I don't get out too much. Facebook lets me keep up with my friends, old and new, my family and life from the comforts of my couch. Or my desk. Or bed.

But I need to get away from the phone that held my attention more than it should and focus more on my family. I have a wonderful husband and a great daughter and facebook took up too much of my time with them. I hate to admit that I was, in fact, addicted.

I may reactivate it again someday. I may not. Today is just the first step. We'll see where it goes from here.

Death

Today, my daughter (4) and I had a discussion about death.

I've never thought about what to say about it when the time came, so I just went with it. I didn't shy from it or deny her the truth. Death happens. It'll happen to every single one of us, hopefully at the end of a long and fulfilling life.

Today it was about my Grandma. She is 83 years old and has been without my grandpa for almost 9 years now. Her eyesight is failing and she's looking a bit old and frail. Carley asked me flat out "Is Grandma Sadie dying?"

I could have approached it any number of ways, but what I did was just acknowledge that yes, she's getting old and someday she will die, but that I hoped that we had a lot of years left with her.

I'm amazed at the thoughts that come out of her head at age 4. Especially since she's been 4 for only 12 days. She informed me that if Grandma Sadie dies, she won't come back.

"That's right, sweetie. If you die, you don't get to come back."

"Well, if Grandma Sadie dies, I'm going to be really really sad and cry a whole lot because I love her so much."

I think Valentine's Day is a perfect time to bring up death of loved ones. It should remind us to love those in our lives while we have time. The future is not guaranteed. It's so easy to get caught up in life that you don't tell those you love that you love them. So take a moment and tell someone you love them. Because you never know when that will be the last time you get to do so.