Mother’s Day, social media, babies and dust

Today is mother’s day. Yesterday was mother’s day in Mexico. (Second Sunday in May in the U.S.; always May 10th in Mexico.)

Facebook is replete with homages to moms.

My nephew’s wife announced on Facebook today that they were expecting their second child. Congrats!

Yesterday a “friend” on Facebook announced the death of her father. I still have very mixed feelings about death notices on social media. One can only hope the immediate family and close friends find out in a more personal way. Or perhaps I’m just old fashioned. With the amount of sharing that happens in social media, who’s to say what is and isn’t appropriate? However, I do find myself “unfollowing” almost everyone. I really like most people better in person without having how I feel about them tainted by their careless or excessive postings!

I went shopping at Trader Joe’s earlier today, and there were young adults...