post modern family

i recognized the limited value of my facebook and bebo websites (my technological icons that reflect the postmodern era !) last week,,, as while meeting again with whanau breifly over the weekend, many of my bebo and facebook 'friends' wernt just the digital images connected through my on-line family tree - but were again, cousins, brothers, sisters, neices and nephews who i hold so close to my heart and who once again felt like flesh and blood rather than distant mega-pixal people.