Garza Girls » break http://www.garzagirls.com Stirring the pot, raising hell and rearing children in the Bay Area Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:12:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 My Gift http://www.garzagirls.com/2009/12/18/my-gift/ http://www.garzagirls.com/2009/12/18/my-gift/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:02:54 +0000 Garza_Girl http://www.garzagirls.com/?p=847 I’ve been a part of online communities for so long, it’s hard to remember life without it. I can recall running to RadioShack in the early 90s to hook my then-smoking hot computer to the small but growing America Online in order to chat with a group of triathletes. Connecting with people of like-minds has always been one of my great passions. However, being a part of communities online means that our communities offline have to be balanced.  Over 15 years later, I’m still trying to work the balance of managing relationships online without it affecting my relationships offline. It’s not that I’m bad at it. Actually, I’m good at it! But it’s work. And my gift to my children this Christmas was going to be a work-free mommy.

Today is the last day I will Tweet until the kids go back to school on January 4. I won’t peek, lurk or wish-wash my way into Twitter. I’ll mostly avoid all other social media sites as well. I have already removed all social media apps from my iPhone. I’ll reinstall them in a couple weeks. And with few exceptions, I plan on being radio-silent in my online life. Being fully engaged with my children during their time off from school is the best present I can think of to give them.

Hey, Twitter: See you on the other side of the decade.

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