It is a good thing I am more or less anonymous because no one I know would believe me when I say that I love twitter.  Let’s set some ground rules: there are inane tweets and spam tweets and creep tweets.  But there are moments when it is a social support system.  A few days ago, a mother with a young child tweet that she was feeling as if she had nothing left to give her child — she was worn out  and out of patience.  I tweeted her to give her support and tell her that every parent reaches that point many times in the first few years and it gets better.  I also told her that people who make it look easy are lying.  Others tweeted their support.  Real time support for a true (and virtual) stranger who was overwhelmed and needed a reality check.

She tweeted her thanks.  That a few words from me helped a stranger made my day.  And I am grateful.

Ah, sweet tweets.