Periodically, I think about facebook and miss knowing how people are (it's been 2 or 3 months since I deleted my account). The reason it came to mind last week is that I realized I haven't seen pictures of our nieces and nephews for a while and I miss seeing how they're doing. But, it came to mind this morning in light of one of the effects I started to see on my thinking the longer I'd been on facebook. I had a thought provoking conversation with a friend today at church. My friend explained to me the reason why her husband didn't want their kids to have digital cameras yet. He desires for his children not to live their lives through a camera. I came home and discussed this with my husband. He and I discussed the effect that constant picture taking can potentially have on one's life. I don't have a name for this effect, but my husband articulated it this way. He said our desire to take pictures can have several purposes. One of th...