Mixed emotions on 'Friends Day'

Apparently last Thursday, February 4 was dubbed Friends Day by the creators of Facebook. The creators also wanted users to share what life was like before Facebook.

For years I have used Facebook and there are many times I think that maybe I should cancel my account. Over the years, I have made many “friends,” be it through high school, college or my time as a traveling musician.

At the time that I wrote this I had 1,939 friends on Facebook; however there are less than ten people that I would call throughout the year.

Before Facebook, it seemed that interactions were a lot deeper. Interactions...