Global

In some ways the internet has made my world a little bigger. The people I worry about are now all over the place.....all over the world. I follow many blogs. I am not limited by a single subject.....crafts, adoption, foster families, sewing, large families, military families.....I follow a lot of them.
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The earthquake and then tsunami in Japan immediately brought one particular blogger to mind. All day I watched to see if they posted. Thankfully, they are safe. I have never met them, but I worried about them. http://not2many.blogspot.com/
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I also follow a blogger in Libya. I really worry about her. I check her blog daily to see if she is OK. She has not posted since March 2nd. I assume that there is no internet. Their country in turmoil. http://khadijateri.blogspot.com/
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I have many kids to worry about yet I choose to become involved in the lives of other bloggers.
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Everyone seems to have global connections. On the surface it seems great but then some days I worry that with the global connections that we have lost face to face connections.
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Funny though, most of my support through our adoptions and related issues have come from internet connections. I have even met with some of the women that I have met online. Sometimes I just wish that I could find such support locally. Support where we could meet with for some iced tea or even swap childcare. But then I think that my life is too busy to support friendships. How sad is that? I guess that this is my season for internet support.
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However, if you ever see me heading to your town let me know, we can meet for some iced tea.