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Posted on November 28, 2016November 28, 2016

Confronting Hard Truths About Facebook and Myself

Anyone who has been reading my blog over the last couple of years knows that I battle being addicted to Facebook. Yes, addicted. I think a lot of people are addicted, but we don't like to admit it, myself included. Social media is a part of the post-modern experience. At face value it is indeed …

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Posted on November 13, 2016

Holiness: What Really Helped Me Leave Facebook, Again

I will admit that after I wrote about leaving Facebook again, I struggled to deactivate. That is until God knocked me upside the head. This is the "letter" I wrote to my Facebook friends, many of whom have been very important to me at various times in my life. To My Dear Facebook Friends,   …

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Posted on March 2, 2016March 2, 2016

The Peace in Leaving Facebook Behind

I have written multiple blog posts about my increased understanding that I needed to give up Facebook. I only rarely used Twitter and saw it as an overwhelming amount of information with absolutely no real human connection. It is a place to vent political ideology in 140 characters, and that largely includes Catholic writers too. Facebook was …

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Posted on September 30, 2015

I Gave Up Facebook Again

I gave up Facebook, again. Anyone who has read my blog over the last couple of years knows that I have one of those personalities that struggles with temperance when it comes to Facebook. I like to read the news, watch the Church, and engage in discussions with people. What I have discovered over the …

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Posted on November 19, 2013

The Fruits of Giving Up Facebook

Yesterday my daughter and I went for a drive because it was a beautiful autumn day.  The sky was bright blue and there was not a cloud in sight.  So we drove to see my husband at work.  He works about 25 minutes from our home.  When I got there my husband said that he …

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Posted on November 8, 2013November 13, 2013

Why I am Giving Up Facebook

This morning I got up at 5am.  My daughter started to cry for me at 457am, so I put her in the bed with my husband and then I got up for the day.  I started coffee in the coffeepot and made a frittata for us to eat for breakfast.  I then prayed Lauds, and …

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