Kryemadhi: Week #9

 Remember to Stay In Touch

    Sometimes I believe we are too quick to judge social media. I feel as though almost any adult could go on and on about how damaging it is. I can’t overlook the fact that it does have its flaws, but simultaneously I feel as though we forget to look at all the great things these apps provide. Communication being one of the most significant. 

    As a kid I moved many different times. I was born in Brooklyn, NY then moved to another part of Brooklyn. Once I was 4 years old, my family moved to New Jersey. At the end of fourth grade, I found out we were moving to Nazareth, PA. After spending the last 5 years making amazing friends, the absolute last thing I wanted to do was leave them. I didn’t have a phone at the time and wasn’t allowed to have Snapchat or Instagram on my iPod. So, as I left the little town of Fair Lawn, all I had left to contact my old friends were their emails and phone numbers. 

    Shortly after moving to Nazareth, my parents got me a phone. Without even thinking about it, they wiped my iPod clean. All the pictures, phone numbers, etc, all gone. They didn’t think anything of it, but I soon realized that my only way of contacting my old friends was completely gone. I was so sad, but I let it go since there was nothing I could do about it. 

    Years later, I’ve been loving my time here. I’ve lived in Nazareth for about 7 years and made many many great memories with the best of friends. However, jumping back to my original idea about social media; I ended up getting Snapchat and Instagram in middle school. 

    Though these apps aren’t anything extraordinary, recently something pretty cool happened. Two of my old friends from New Jersey followed me on Instagram. I couldn’t believe my eyes and was so excited to catch up with them after all these years. We face-timed and it was almost like I never left; the close bonds that were there in 4th grade are almost exactly the same. It’s so amazing that even though we live pretty far apart, we are still able to stay close. 

    If it wasn’t for social media who knows if I would have ever found these old friends. When it comes to things like this I am truly thankful for the great things technology has made possible. 

An old picture from when I lived in New Jersey.