Message in a Bottle
Today I will have posted my 25,000 tweet on twitter.
I’m not that much of a numbers gal. I am very competive with myself and a few other people who just seem to press that button, but that’s a different type of measuring.
To me, though, this number indicates something bigger. It means that there is life after the death of a marriage. It means that I have cast twenty five thousand little notes-in-bottles to float down away into a conversation stream, and that many of them were picked up and read. And it means that the net woven from these little floating bottles has been enough to catch me and keep me from crashing on the days when it is really bad.
And through it I have learned that you can construct a new life. You can be embarassed into getting an iPhone, you can learn to drive in the city- and I am almost feeling like I should write my own Top 50 list. There have been at least that many people who have really helped- and maybe three who literally opened my cage and let me out, for better or worse- but it seems like these people would be more honored by my paying it forward than by turning back to point them out.
I guess that I have learned that shelf life is a concept that doesn’t exist for people, and old dogs CAN learn new tricks.
God only knows how long we are going to be here, so middle age is an arbitrary and likely erroneous demarcation. So I will keep tossing out my little bottles- some filled with the thoughts of others, some filled with music, and some with my own ideas- and thank you for picking them up. And I need to remember to reach out when I see someone’s messages float by.
July 9th, 2009 on 11:15 am
Great post! I totally understand the “do over” and the aid that friends on twitter can provide. You are one of my life rafts everyday.
Hugs!
July 9th, 2009 on 11:29 am
Fantastic! I feel like with every stroke of a key I get to know you better and better and I am so proud every step of the way. I hope that my presence in you life has indeed made a difference. I’m so PROUD, to call you FRIEND!
Hugs!!!
July 9th, 2009 on 11:34 am
@Lesley, @Kathy- you are both on my list. :)
July 9th, 2009 on 11:42 am
Fabulous, as usual. I didn’t know what to expect when I started on Twitter, but your tweets are among those that got me hooked. I look forward to seeing @heyamaretto appear in my list each day. You should know that your tweets are a huge part of my net, as well. I’m very thankful for that and truly hope that I can return the favor! Muah!
July 9th, 2009 on 11:47 am
I am delighted to have you in my stream and twitter just wouldn’t be as fun without you!
July 9th, 2009 on 1:07 pm
@Lisa, @Kathleen Thank goodness I haven’t offended either one of you enough so that you block me! Really, though, these are two more of my favorite people- great follows.
July 13th, 2009 on 7:59 am
Glad to have found you via Twitter! Love your tweets! :)
July 13th, 2009 on 8:27 am
I am glad we found each other too! I think my tweeting is like Doctor Pepper- either you love it or you don’t, but I probably won’t change the recipe. Thanks for looking up my blog!