I've got this blog, a Facebook page, email, and a website. I want to be able to connect them all. I hope they also offer a way to be able to keep all of them up that doesn't take too much time. That is the problem I'm running into now.
My last posting was quite a while ago - May 2009. In the meantime, life got in the way of keeping up with my postings. In August of 2009, I was diagnosed with breast cancer in the same week that my father had a heart attack and went from assisted living to a nursing home. As his primary caregiver, I had to deal with his care problems as I went through surgery and radiation. He passed away in December. The following year was a blur as I grieved his loss, went through a mild depression as a result of the stress I went through.
The internet has been a source of comfort for me the past couple of years. I kept a daily journal on Caringbridge.com about my cancer and my caregiving experiences. Friends and family offered me support. Email kept me in touch, as did Facebook. I used a web conferencing service to co-edit my writer's group anthology and "meet" with my co-editor and the contributing writers.
I know the power of the internet and I want to be able to utilize it more efficiently for personal and business use. I have high hopes for this upcoming workshop!
