A new love of facebook

Today we held the funeral for my father-in-law. He had been sick for several months. It was a very long and painful experience for him and difficult for those close to him to watch. Now, what does this have to do with facebook. Well, let me tell you. Mr. Illifornian used Twitter (something I haven't conquered yet) to update his facebook to keep our extended family informed of his father's condition. We weren't sure who was really keeping an eye on it but today we found out. We learned that several of his cousins used it to keep their parents up to date and I know while I was at work I would check it from time to time those last few days to know if I needed to leave work. You see he reached a point over the last few days that his condition literally changed hourly then the last day it changed within minutes. We've used it to share with friends and family regarding funeral arrangements and express thanks to those offering kind words. So, I have found that maybe there is something good about Facebook. Now, if I could just figure out how to Twitter.