BECCI's BLURB

"The best moments in my life don't make it to social media."  - Rosalynn Mejia A few weeks ago, I had a thought about something our professor said regarding safety and our blogs. However, due to the chaos in my life, I filed it into the back of my mind with the other thoughts I plan to get to later. But then, I thought about it again when I wrote one of my blog posts a few weeks ago. I wanted my son in a picture, but I didn’t want his face in the photo. Our professor told us at the beginning of the term to be mindful of what we post on our blogs. He reminded us that our blogs are public, and we don’t want to put too much personal information on them for the entire world to see. And I have tried to take that to heart, not even taking into consideration one “minor” detail…social media. This week, we read an article in The Atlantic , that illustrates the effects that parents’ social media posts have on their younger children, who are now starting to ...

“A key to a healthy relationship is being present.” ( The New York Times , 2017)  - James Roberts, author of “Too Much of a Good Thing: Are You Addicted To Your Smartphone?” My husband has a terrible habit of losing his keys, wallet, and/or his cell phone. For the life of me, I can’t understand this. For someone who is so attached to his phone to lose it so often, I will never understand. So, for Christmas two years ago, I bought him Bluetooth tracking devices for his phone, wallet, and keys. At the time, I meant them to be somewhat of a joke but also because I was rather tired of replacing these items all of the time. I’m not sure he saw the humor in the gift as much as I did because it took him over a year to use them. I am not sure how well they genuinely work, but he is doing a much better job keeping track of them now (knock on wood). I tell this story because it amazes me how easily my husband can lose something that he and countless others have become to rely on ...