When Kindergarten Skills Rule
Blogging and tweeting thoughts about what had been dubbed Good People Day* wasn't an option. Yesterday was spent focused on how the heck I was going to get through the next few months of more diagnostics, more cancer docs, now pain management docs.
I'm living with breast cancer that could be anywhere. It sometimes feels like I am under water.
Last night after the drama and decision making I was asked a couple of questions about Art Tags and I started thinking about what Good People Day and Art Tags have in common. In spite of the sobbing during the day, I knew that there were good people pulling for me.
Tangible signs of support
No they don't live in the neighborhood, but they're not figments of my imagination either. Things like art tags - see:Caring and Connecting - are symbolic of the connections to a much wider world of not simply good, but wonderful people.
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You don't have to knit an afghan, send a potted plant or bake cookies to show someone you care. Jotting words, stamping letters and playing with glue and color on a simple shipping tag does the same. Who knew that we'd return to kindergarten skills when we wanted to share bits of ourself with our communities?
Something physical to hold in your hand is a very special reminder you of the people with whom you have contact but images on a computer screen serve a similar function.When I see an avatar pop up on the screen showing the image of a pea I know someone's thinking of me. When someone has a birthday, balloons, cakes and photos of them fill the twitterstream in tribute.
The world is filled with Good People. How could we ever name them all though? It's enough that we know they're there.
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