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W e down on a bench.
were in Hunched over, he toyed with his device
A Walk in the park, for the next half hour. His wife sat on the

the Park enjoying next bench looking around. Her little
fa mi l y baby squirmed in her lap. The couple
time to- didn’t exchange another word. She looked
g et h er bored. He looked at his phone.
one Chol Hamoed afternoon. The park Presumably, he was forwarding images
was nearly empty and we enjoyed having of their glorious Chol Hamoed outing to
the space almost to ourselves. As my chil- all his friends so everyone could see what
dren giggled up and down the large slides a nice time they were having.
and swings, I noticed a curious thing. I couldn’t help but marvel at the irony.
I watched a couple stroll into the park. How different was the “image” he was
They walked together quietly, pushing a sharing with the world from the reality!
baby carriage, until they reached a tree. This man could try to show off what nice
The woman lifted her newborn baby out family time they had spent, but in truth,
of the carriage and placed her gently on a there was no interaction, no communica-
blanket on the grass. The baby couldn’t tion, no indication that they were actual-
have been older than a few weeks. ly spending quality time together!
The man whipped out his phone and It led me to wonder how much of our
began snapping pictures of their little lives is misrepresented when it comes to
princess. Then he took some family pic- sharing – or oversharing. How much of
tures of the three of them standing to- what we do is real and how much is just
gether, large smiles pasted on their faces. for the image we want to post to the
After a five minute photo shoot, he sat world?!

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