I'm a part of a lot of groups on Facebook, but one of my favorites is one consisting of women wanting to support each other in whatever they may be going through. The advice on this page includes anything from what book a 20-something single girl would be recommended to read next to prayer requests for struggles and hardships. The group creators also come out with devotionals for this group and everyone else interested every day, which I haven't really had a chance to check out yet, but I would absolutely love to. These women are able to come together, from all walks and stages in life, to support each other and become kind of like a sisterhood.
A few weeks ago, someone asked the question of if anyone wanted to be paired up with someone else to become pen pals. I didn't see that post until a few days later, but thankfully she was still willing to pair people up. It being my first time participating in anything dealing with pen pals, I thought it was a fun idea to get to know someone else, better. So, I got paired up, and eventually got around to contacting the lady.
When I private messaged her, thankfully she quickly replied, but to instead email her, since she had been cutting back on using Facebook. So I emailed her, and we started to share some info about ourselves to get to know each other. But that happened to occur right before my dad came into town for my school's Father-Daughter/Mother-Son Banquet and Dance, so when she replied to one of my emails, I didn't have a free moment to reply to her right away. At which point, that email got pushed to the bottom of my inbox. Eventually I did find a free moment to reply to her, but with both of us having such busy lives, I don't really blame her for not responding back to my last one yet.
Since I had never had a pen pal before, I didn't really know what to expect or how the process went. I didn't know if we were supposed to communicate the old fashioned way by writing and sending handwritten letters, which would have been fun and a much needed break from always using technology for everything, as much of a blessing as having all our gadgets is.
Or if we were supposed to embrace what we had and use email/Facebook to communicate. I'm glad that she knew what to do and how to go about having me as a pen pal, but sometimes technology can speed things up, and other times slow them down. Although, this could happen even if we were to be pen pals the old fashioned way.
I'm glad I was able to still be paired up with someone and this pen pal experience has been a fun, yet interesting and informative one as well. I've learned a few things about myself and others in general as well, that I'll take wiht me for future communications with people.
