Life: Friendship is a Delight
I got the sweetest handmade card from 
st_aurafina (for Valentine's Day, actually, though it came very late and then it took me awhile to post this, so ... yes, between international shipping and my being so busy, this is super timely, as you can see!), and it is gorgeous. It is also addressed to the doggy as well as me, and I found that unbelievably charming. Thank you so much, darling! It made my day when it arrived, and every time I look at it, it makes me smile.
Taking it down from display so I could get a picture (see below) made me think about how much I appreciate little gestures like this (well, sending a card, particularly handmade card, and even moreso internationally, is not a "little" thing at all, obviously). When I finally checked my phone this morning, I had a bunch of texts from Sister K about the work she's doing on her new house (with commentary from our friends, because we have a group text thread), adorable pictures of another friend who did a bubble run this weekend and celebrated with her young son in the bubbles at the end, fun teasing snark from BFF and her husband, and, of course, an ongoing conversation with my writing group that ebbs and flows every day, but never ends.
Technology can be frustrating and intrusive and abused, but it has given me access to amazing people and allowed me to communicate more in ways that I never could have done otherwise. (The writing group chat has only been in place since after Wiscon last year, and already I feel a billion times closer to them, just because of the little things.) Grad school BFF and I have shared weekly to do lists and goal documents, and that has made us feel closer than ever, too, and we were already damn close. For a lot of people, it can be difficult to feel close to someone when you're not in the same place (I do not feel this way; I am good at long distance relationships of all kinds), and just knowing the little things about what people are up to can make life so much more rewarding. (For me, because distance doesn't really harm my feelings of closeness, it is about how interesting it is to see into someone else's life. This is in part why I never managed to keep any sort of journal until LJ, because I don't really care about writing it down for myself, but seeing other people's posts and sharing my own was wonderful.)
I am rambling, and need to get back to today's to do list, but friendship + technology makes my life infinitely better.
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st_aurafina (for Valentine's Day, actually, though it came very late and then it took me awhile to post this, so ... yes, between international shipping and my being so busy, this is super timely, as you can see!), and it is gorgeous. It is also addressed to the doggy as well as me, and I found that unbelievably charming. Thank you so much, darling! It made my day when it arrived, and every time I look at it, it makes me smile.
Taking it down from display so I could get a picture (see below) made me think about how much I appreciate little gestures like this (well, sending a card, particularly handmade card, and even moreso internationally, is not a "little" thing at all, obviously). When I finally checked my phone this morning, I had a bunch of texts from Sister K about the work she's doing on her new house (with commentary from our friends, because we have a group text thread), adorable pictures of another friend who did a bubble run this weekend and celebrated with her young son in the bubbles at the end, fun teasing snark from BFF and her husband, and, of course, an ongoing conversation with my writing group that ebbs and flows every day, but never ends.
Technology can be frustrating and intrusive and abused, but it has given me access to amazing people and allowed me to communicate more in ways that I never could have done otherwise. (The writing group chat has only been in place since after Wiscon last year, and already I feel a billion times closer to them, just because of the little things.) Grad school BFF and I have shared weekly to do lists and goal documents, and that has made us feel closer than ever, too, and we were already damn close. For a lot of people, it can be difficult to feel close to someone when you're not in the same place (I do not feel this way; I am good at long distance relationships of all kinds), and just knowing the little things about what people are up to can make life so much more rewarding. (For me, because distance doesn't really harm my feelings of closeness, it is about how interesting it is to see into someone else's life. This is in part why I never managed to keep any sort of journal until LJ, because I don't really care about writing it down for myself, but seeing other people's posts and sharing my own was wonderful.)
I am rambling, and need to get back to today's to do list, but friendship + technology makes my life infinitely better.
This entry was original posted at http://escritoireazul.dreamwidth.org/446549.html with
comments. Reply here or there.